The Psychology of Stupidity

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　　為什麼聰明的人有時候會相信無稽之談？
　　懶散的大腦，是怎麼讓我們做出錯誤決定的？
　　為什麼說和笨蛋爭論是個陷阱？
　　媒體操控和網路的過度刺激，讓我們變得更蠢？
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＂We need books like this one.＂ --Steven Pinker

At last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world’s smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James, and Ryan Holiday.

And so I proclaim, o idiots of every stripe and morons of all kinds, this is your moment of glory: this book speaks only to you. But you will not recognize yourselves...

Stupidity is all around us, from the coworker who won’t stop hitting ＂reply all＂ to the former high school classmate posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to vanquish it, we must first understand it. In The Psychology of Stupidity, some of the world’s leading psychologists and thinkers--including a Nobel Prize winner and bestselling authors--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 fools is a trap;

how media manipulation and Internet overstimulation make us dumber;

why the stupidest people don’t think they’re stupid.

The wisdom and wit of these experts are a balm for our aggrieved souls and a beacon of hope in a world of morons.

Jean-Francois Marmion (editor) is a psychologist and the editor-in-chief of the French magazine Le Cercle Psy (Psychological Circle). He lives in France, where The Psychology of Stupidity was a #1 bestseller.