The Psychology of Stupidity: Explained by Some of the World’s Smartest People

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Author Jean-Francois Marmion
Format Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Publication Date 2022-01-20
Pages 384
ISBN-13 9781529053869

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The Number One International bestseller

”We need books like this one” – psychologist Steven Pinker

At last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world’s smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James and Ryan Holiday.

Stupidity is all around us, from the colleagues who won’t stop hitting ‘reply all’ to the former school friends posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to battle idiocy, we must first understand it. In The Psychology of Stupidity, some of the world’s leading psychologists and thinkers – including a Nobel Prize winner – will show you . . .

· Why smart people sometimes believe in utter nonsense
· How our lazy brains cause us to make the wrong decisions
· Why trying to debate with fools is a trap
· How media manipulation and Internet overstimulation makes us dumber
· Why the stupidest people don’t think they’re stupid

As long as there have been humans there has been human stupidity, but with wit and wisdom these great thinkers can help us understand this persistent human affliction.

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Weight 0.264 kg
Dimensions 2.7 × 19.6 × 13.1 cm
Author

Jean-Francois Marmion

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Imprint

Pan Books

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9781529053869

Publication Date

2022-01-20

Publication Year

2022

Pages

384

Country of Publication

GB

Language

English

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