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Cocoa is 99.9% caffeine-free, and the mortality rate among rockers is higher than among representatives of other music genres. A person's sexual orientation can be determined by facial features, and smoking cannot cause lung cancer. GMOs are poison, and vaccinations cause autism. And which of these is true and which is just magical bullshit that we are forced to believe?

The onslaught of misinformation and false facts does not allow us to close our eyes. Neither laws nor new computers can solve this problem. We recklessly share unverified information, closing the vicious circle of delusion.

Javin West, an associate professor at the University of Washington's School of Information, and Carl Bergstrom, a professor in the Department of Biology, invite you to join the crusade against fakes, delusions, pseudoscientific lies, and other dangerous information monsters. The authors of the book expose fake statistics and false sensations, destroy scientific myths and neutralise political disinformation, and open the black boxes of the frauds of the century. And, most importantly, they teach us to think critically, to look for different hypotheses, to soberly and sceptically evaluate the information we consume too indiscriminately.

• The nature of delusions: nonsense, insincere promises, and other "I'll be late for work today" stories
• The algorithm of brainwashing — — how the media, scientists and politicians fool us

«Numbers don't lie», or Why we believe statistics

How to refute nonsense and where to look for counterexamples