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You Are Not So Smart - Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself (Standard format, CD)
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You Are Not So Smart - Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself (Standard format, CD)
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An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us
feel wise.
You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world
as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you
that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK- delusions
keep us sane. "You Are Not So Smart" is a celebration of
self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring
parts taken out, and with no homework.
Based on the popular blog of the same name, "You Are Not So Smart
"collects more than 46 of the lies we tell ourselves everyday,
including:
Dunbar's Number - Humans evolved to live in bands of roughly 150
individuals, the brain cannot handle more than that number. If you
have more than 150 Facebook friends, they are surely not all real
friends. Hindsight bias - When we learn something new, we reassure
ourselves that we knew it all along. Confirmation bias - Our brains
resist new ideas, instead paying attention only to findings that
reinforce our preconceived notions. Brand loyalty - We reach for
the same brand not because we trust its quality but because we want
to reassure ourselves that we made a smart choice the last time we
bought it.
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