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I am at an age where i cannot help but strike up conversations with. You are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is. An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. The wason selection task is an example of how lousy you are at logic, but you are also filled with beliefs that. It turns out were much more irrational than most of us think, so give yourself every advantage you can and read this book. Instead, you are unaware of the constant nudging you receive from. Not all of the blog made it into the book, and the book has far more new material thats not on the blog so read them both. It is one of the many benefits of being an outgoing, middleaged man. I then bought that book, and then his first book, you are not so smart from 2011 both published by gotham books, and paused reading the second to read the first first. I recommend subscribing to the blog with an rss feed and meanwhile reading its older posts every week or so. Sep 10, 2016 so i took to goodreads and scoured the psychology tag for books that might interest me. Oct 31, 2011 the third person effect, an excerpt from the new book you are not so smart. We may get so many information but we do not pay attention we are just looking for confirmation.
Its a lot of material, its going to mess with your head. Reading psychology books is the supreme lifehack distilled knowledge that often took years to assemble can be consumed in just a few hours. David mcraney is a journalist, author and podcaster. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Nov 01, 2011 you are not so smart is positively one of the smartest books to come by this year no illusion there. Every chapter is a welcome reminder that you are not so smartyet youre never made to feel dumb. Why you have too many friends on facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways youre. You hold in your hands a compendium of information about selfdelusion and the wonderful. Praise for you are not so smart every chapter is a welcome reminder that you are not so smart yet youre never made to feel dumb. Book smart people are good at general knowledge and quizzes but may struggle with more complex ideas. In short, you keep the lights on, buy the coffee, and make the show possible. You are not so smart by david mcraney overdrive rakuten. In the book, levitan takes us through 12 repeating patterns that politicians fall into when they mistake, misrepresent, and mangle science.
You can learn how to be book smart in school but even someone with a harvard degree can still lack common sense. Stream 062 naive realism lee ross by you are not so smart from desktop or your mobile device. Dunbars number humans evolved to live in bands of roughly 150 individuals, the brain cannot handle more than that number. According to lee ross, coauthor of the new book, the wisest one in the room, naive realism has three tenets. Below, i have inserted quotes from the book and whatever fun graphic i could find that further illustrates the chapters point.
Ever wonder why people tend to do the dumb things they do. You are not so smart is a dose of psychology research served in tasty anecdotes that will make you better understand both yourself and the rest of us. Book smart people can list facts and information but they dont necessarily have a deeper understanding of the subject. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. One, you tend to believe that you arrived at your political opinions after careful, rational analysis through unmediated. We want to be right about how we see the world, so we seek out information that confirms our beliefs and avoid contradictory evidence and opinion. We use this as a protective mechanism because we would like to believe that this same fate would not befall us. 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. This is the launch trailer for the new book, you are not so smart.
Whether youre deciding which smart phone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic, but heres the truth. Review of david mcraneys you are not so smart views. If you dont have them yet, then this book will show you why its all your fault. Why you have too many friends on facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways youre deluding yourse. Oct 01, 2011 an entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. Why you have too many friends on facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, an d 46 other ways youre deluding yourself. You are not so smart is a celebration of self delusion that explores topics related to cognitive biases, heuristics, and logical fallacies. Selfdescribed psychology nerd david mcraney is a journalist and new media worker, and twicerecipient of the william randolph hearst award.
You are always looking back at the person you used to be, always reconstructing the story of your life to better match the. Review of david mcraneys you are not so smart views from. Go deeper into understanding just how deluded you really are and learn how. In each episode, we explore what weve learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decisionmaking. You are not so smart is a dose of psychology research served in tasty anecdotes that will make you better understand both yourself and the rest. Introduction from you are not so smart by david mcraney. Youre going to have to rewrite your own script to start exercising more and eating better food. So how can you tell if someone is really intelligent or just book smart. Why you have too many friends on facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction. The third person effect, an excerpt from the new book you are not so smart. His blog exploring how we delude ourselves, laid the groundwork for his first book, you are not so smart, which became an international bestseller and was translated into fourteen languages. Join our community just now to flow with the file you are not so smart and make our shared file collection even more complete and exciting. Oct 14, 20 as i recall my first exposure to david mcraney was an excerpt from his latest book, you are now less dumb, on salon a couple months ago i quoted from it, here. You are not so smart summarized part 1 house of sage.
Why your memory is mostly fiction, why you have too many friends on facebook and 46 other ways youre deluding yourself by mcraney, david isbn. Here are 10 ways to tell you are more book smart than common sense smart. Why you have too many friends on facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways youre deluding yourself. You are not so smart quotes showing of 201 you are a confabulatory creature by nature. You are always explaining to yourself the motivations for your actions and the causes to the effects in your life, and you make them up without realizing it when you dont know the answers. You are not so smart ebook by david mcraney rakuten kobo david mcraney explores the ways in which we mislead ourselves every day, and suggests that we are not as clever as we like to think. Jun 27, 2018 you are not so smart will show you the flaws and give you the tools to cope with them. The you are not so smart podcast live in new york david mcraney, four experts, and a bunch of yanss fans got together for a deep dive into how we turn perception into reality, how that realit. Fallacies taken from you are not so smart, by david mcraney. Why you have too many friends on facebook, why your memory is. So, my fellow book smart people, bear in mind that haters gonna hate and graters gonna grate.
Our guest in this episode of the you are not so smart podcast is dave levitan, a science journalist with a new book titled. This is the sort of thing you will find throughout this book, with explanations and musings to boot. I am at an age where i cannot help but strike up conversations with perfect strangers while waiting in line. You are not so smart, live in new york, at the bell house, in brooklyn david mcraney and three experts and a bunch of yanss fans got together for a deep dive into how we turn perception into reality, how that reality can differ from brain to brain, and what happens when we dangerously disagree on the truth. Introduction in his book you are not so smart, david mcraney tries to show that there exists a reason why things happen as. You are not so smart is the goto blog for understanding why we all do silly things. This is the book trailer for you are not so smart a selfhelp book that combines popular science and psychology with witty humor. David mcraney interviews scientists about their research into how the mind works, and then he eats a cookie. You are not so smart is a celebration of selfdelusion. Two potted plants live near a yellow rocking chair on the tiny front porch sitting on some weathered green astroturf. I eventually ran into david mcraneys you are not so smart, which has a website. Solved chapter summary of the book you are not so smart.
Do you know why youre so in love with your new smartphone. You are not so smart book trailer procrastination youtube. This is when mcraney invokes the title of the book, you are not so smart. This is an attempt at humor turned into an excuse to bash teachers by those to dumb to recognize it. Sep 08, 2011 trailer for the new book, you are not so smart.
Every chapter is a welcome reminder that you are not so smart yet youre never made to feel dumb. By delving into a wide range of psychological research, the author challenges the notion that we are logical, rational beings who see the world as it really is and makes a case that we mislead ourselves every single day, for better and for worse. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. You are not so smart book by david mcraney full audiobook. Jan 05, 2014 we use this as a protective mechanism because we would like to believe that this same fate would not befall us. Perkins found that iq was by far the biggest predictor of how well people argued, but it predicted only the number of myside. This same rational is discussed in the selfserving bias chapter, in which mcraney describes how we associate positive outcomes with our own affirmative. You are as deluded as the rest of us, but thats ok, it keeps you sane. You are not so smart is positively one of the smartest books to come by this year no illusion there. Introduction from you are not so smart by david mcraney you the misconception. Chapter summary of the book you are not so smart by david mcraney.
Its like a psychology class, with all the boring parts taken out, and with no homework. You are not so smart 2011 explores the many different ways we have of deluding ourselves. With no staff, the support of patrons allows me, david mcraney, to devote long hours to producing new content. So smart people are better at arguing their own views but theyre not necessarily better at understanding where others are coming from.
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