THE MISCONCEPTION: You are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is.
THE TRUTH: You are as deluded as the rest of us, but that‘s OK, it keeps you sane.
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You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself | 
THE MISCONCEPTION: You are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is.
THE TRUTH: You are as deluded as the rest of us, but that‘s OK, it keeps you sane.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
Reading at the doctor‘s office. I must be the only person to bring a book because they all commented on it.
pickSuppose that you imagine yourself to be a self-aware, intelligent, and reasonable person. Well you‘re not. This book details all the cognitive biases that mislead our thoughts and feelings. We naively delude ourselves everyday with imperfect and inaccurate interpretations of ourselves and other people. And we all do it regardless education or politics. We are in fact wrong most of the time. It‘s a bitter pill to swallow, but a fun book to read.
#abbainaugust #knowingmeknowingyou
I love psychology/neurology books! The brain is so fascinating and it‘s a way I can improve at #knowingmeknowingyou. I bought this one (not read yet) because I listen to Dave McRaneys “You Are Not So Smart” podcast every fortnight. He talks to leading experts in brain science about flaws in our perception and reasoning. It can go from “sleep deprivation and bias” to “how politics became our identity” ⬇️
pickMostly good, there was at least one study he quotes that was never able to be replicated so that makes it hard to blindly believe everything he says, though much is stuff I‘ve heard before so... Also, didn‘t love the narrator.
After a loooonnnngggg slog through Moneyball, it's finally time to start a new audiobook! This one is all about logical fallacies, and I'm enjoying it this morning. I had to turn the narration to 1.25 though, because the narrator has an extremely leisurely speaking voice.
Just started listening to this on audio. I'm looking forward to it. Let's see what I learn...
Just starting this new audiobook through Hoopla ap. Does anyone else use Hoopla? Free borrowing through the library, I mostly use it to check out new music, but occasionally for audiobooks.
