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The book «Truth: Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullshit,» written by journalist and humorist Tom Phillips, translated by Ismail Kazem, and reviewed and edited by the Center for Arabization and Programming, has been translated into sixteen international languages. We live in a post-truth era; that's what the book «Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullshit» tells us in its examination of ”truth” and all the clever and creative ways in which humanity throughout history has been able to avoid it. Because nothing is new... but is there really a golden age of truth-telling? As an editor at a leading fact-checking agencyFacts in the U.K. Tom Phillips confronts a lot of lies and nonsense on a daily basis. Here he tells an interesting story about how humans have lied to each other - and to us - throughout history, and poses an important question: How can humanity move towards a more truthful future? The book raises and answers other questions in chapters that complement each other in the search for “what is truth”, such as the question of where lies come from: Is lying a human trait, linked to human society? He answers it in (The Origin of the Fraudster) and we discover with him the subtle difference between ”lies” and “nonsense”, then he introduces us to (old fake news), such as the Great Moon Hoax of 1835 about astronomer John Herschel's discovery of an advanced civilization on the moon, to Hitler's diary, and the serial cat killer who chased Creedon. Then we continue our journey through False Lands, discovering unbelievable tales of mythical lands or explorers who never set foot in the places they claimed to have explored... In You Confuse Me, we read about the sordid art of political deception: From war propaganda to politicians who can't stop telling lies about their own achievements. In Suspicious Behavior, we learn how ancient copper merchant Ia Nasir lied and didn't deliver the copper he promised (prompting the first recorded letter of complaint in history), and we also meet an assortment of snake oil salesmen throughout history: From the "goat gland doctor" who surgically transplanted goat testicles to impotent men... The book ends with many widespread fantasies and unbelievable things, from imaginary UFOs visiting Britain to monster hunts in American pines to witch hunts and more...
