How long does it take to read How We Know What Isn't So?
Thomas Gilovich
How We Know What Isn't So by Thomas Gilovich takes about 3 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 216 pages, about 59,400 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Discusses the processes through which we become convinced of the validity of questionable or false beliefs such as special psychological powers and New Age health practices.
Subjects: Fallacies (Logic), Error, Critical thinking, Judgment, Reasoning (Psychology), Evidence
