The Psychology of Stupidity
Explained by Some of the World's Smartest People
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Narrated by:
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Allyson Ryan
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Hillary Huber
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Mark Deakins
About this listen
The Number One international bestseller featuring contributions from Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Ryan Holiday, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, and Aaron James.
‘We need books like this one’
Steven Pinker
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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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-24
The Human, the animal who dares it all
Sad to find out that a book managed to pass publishers scrutiny with some erroneous claims on meat consumption and health.
There is no correlation between poor cardiovascular health and meat consumption found on any published study to date.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-12-23
Unnecesary
This is click bait. Very superficial information given. loose thread throughout. The title draws you in, the content leaves you feeling stupid for allowing you to do that. Not many take aways at all.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-23
Very little to hear here
I'm the stupid one for persevering with this, very limited views on every topic, most of its a rant. If you use social media you're stupid, if scientists 100 yrs ago don't understand quantum physics they are stupid, blah blah bkah
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- Anonymous User
- 02-11-24
very anecdotal patronizing splurge of opinions
very disappointing read. arrogant and patronizing account of an individuals opinions without much science, fact or unbiased reason... just a sad abusive rant by an author who thinks themselves superior
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