Book HackThe Psychology of StupidityBy Jean-Francois Marmion, Liesl Schillinger
In a Nutshell
French psychologist Jean-François Marmion explores the nature of stupidity and irrationality in this collection of essays and interviews with prominent philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, and authors.
Favorite Quote
It would be beside the point to conduct large-scale psychological experiments to investigate collective folly. Everything that could be proven in the lab is experienced every day in offices, where collective efforts in meetings produce so many stupid ideas.
Jean-François Dortier, French sociologist
Introduction
Stupidity is all around us — even the most intelligent people make foolish decisions, lose their keys, and take unnecessary risks.
We aren't any smarter than previous generations. Making the same stupid mistakes as our ancestors is integral to the human experience.
Jean-François Marmion is a French psychologist, bestselling author, and an associate editor of the Sciences Humaines journal.
In his 2019 essay collection, The Psychology of Stupidity, Marmion explores the nature of stupidity and logical fallacies in interviews with psychologists, neurologists, philosophers, and other prominent French intellectuals
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