The psychology of stupidity
2022
Book
Total copies: 2
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 this book, 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.
Main title:
The psychology of stupidity / edited by Jean-Francois Marmion.
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Imprint:
London : Pan Books, 2022.
Collation:
384 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Penguin Books, 2020.
ISBN:
9781529053869 (pbk)1529053862 (pbk)
Dewey class:
155.7 MAR155.7
LC class:
BF431
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
382622