Psicologia della stupidità

Somehow, inexplicably, it feels as though intelligent people are becoming more intelligent and those who we would deem as dumb are becoming dumber, which is often dependent on what you dedicate your time to doing. But the truth is everyone is capable of lapses in judgement and I'm sure everyone, at

Доколкото всеки от нас познава някой, когото би окачествил като “глупав” или самите ние сме глупаци (в обратното никога не можем да сме сигурни), заглавието на тази книга има потенциала да привлече широка аудитория. Аз останах със смесени чувства от нея, но вярна на желанието си за балансирано предс Leggi tutto

Q: Is an asshole who’s aware of his assholery still an asshole? (c) And it goes on and on, droning on that. So, assholes, morons and all the other connards abound and multiply. What else is new out there? A very off-putting essay collection. I expected it to be very appealing and instead I got a revamp Leggi tutto

«Коли ти плачеш, завжди знайдеться дурень, який скаже тобі: “Привіт, усе гаразд”?» Дурість скрізь. Для неї немає меж і кордонів. Їй байдуже, чи у вас дві вищі освіти й науковий ступінь, чи ви ледь спромоглися закінчити середню школу. Усі ми в різних варіантах створюємо та поширюємо дурість. А іноді на Leggi tutto

“Whether it oozes or drips, trickles or gushes, it’s everywhere.” Jean-Francois Marmion - The Psychology of Stupidity - The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-François Marmion Of course, the title of the book makes you want to read it. Everyone feels like they know people who do and say absurdly stupid Leggi tutto

How presumptuous is it to read a book titled The Psychology of Stupidity ? This topic is for me, not about me, right? That's sort of the mindful challenge presented in this collection of reflections on the general dumb-assery of people, and how to diagnose and treat it in others and in ourselves. In the Leggi tutto

Alright, we are all stupid. If you think that you're by far smarter and intelligent than your next door neighbour or the colleague in the next cubicle, a stupid brain has concocted that thought for you. It's the stupidity alarm ringing. But, please, don't be a jerk.

Its rare to find a book explaining about Idiocy. There's a few range of forms of stupidity, says the editor, Jean-Francois Marmion : 1. Backwardness, 2. Rubes, 3. The universal idiots, 4. Artificial stupidity, 5. Collective stupidity, 6. Gullibility, 7. Slowness, 8. Imbecile, idiot, 9. Loons 💭 A Theo Leggi tutto

The Psychology of Stupidity was not really what I expected .. While some of the writing here was interesting, it ultimately was not enough to redeem the rest of the books' glaring flaws. The book is presented as a disjointed collection of short essays by many different authors. I found the writing here Leggi tutto

Dummheit und was dahinter steckt. Eigentlich hatte ich nicht erwartet, dass sich ein brillanter Inhalt hinter diesem Buch versteckt. Marmion hat die „klügsten“ Menschen zum Thema „Stupidty“ befragt. Von Daniel Kahnemann bis Antonio Damasio sind sehr viele Wissenschaftler:innen dabei, die ihre Beobacht Leggi tutto