![]() McRaney, a Hattiesburg, Miss., resident and two-time winner of the William Randolph Hearst Award, writes simplified descriptions of psychology experiments on his blog. Packed with interesting sidebars and quick guides on cognition and common fallacies, You Are Not So Smart is a fascinating synthesis of cutting-edge psychology research to turn our minds inside out. 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. ![]() Confirmation bias - Our brains resist new ideas, instead paying attention only to findings that reinforce our preconceived notions. Hindsight bias - When we learn something new, we reassure ourselves that we knew it all along. ![]() If you have more than 150 Facebook friends, they are surely not all real friends. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring parts taken out, and with no homework.īased 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:ĭunbar's Number - Humans evolved to live in bands of roughly 150 individuals, the brain cannot handle more than that number. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion. 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. ![]() An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. ![]()
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