Falsehoods FlyMisinformation is one of the twenty first century's greatest challenges, a peril to democracy, peace, science, and public health. Yet we lack a clear understanding of what makes misinformation so potent and why it can spread so rapidly. In Falsehoods Fly, a leading cognitive scientist and philosopher offers a new framework for recognising and countering misleading claims by exploring the ways that information worksand breaks down. Paul Thagard