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The Intelligence Trap

Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions

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The Intelligence Trap

By: David Robson
Narrated by: Simon Slater
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 'Essential reading for anyone who wants to think more clearly' ROLF DOBELLI
'Ceaselessly fascinating and brilliantly written' WILL STORR
'A startling, provocative and potently useful book' SUNDAY TIMES

A toolkit to help smart people overcome their blind spots and maximise their potential, from the author of The Expectation Effect.

We assume that smarter people are less prone to error. But education and expertise can sometimes make our mistakes worse and our blind spots bigger. Why did genius Steve Jobs make errors of judgement? Why do doctors misdiagnose 10-15% of their patients? Why do Nobel Prize winners spread fake news? This is the intelligence trap.

Drawing on the latest behavioural science and great brains from Socrates to Benjamin Franklin, David Robson demonstrates how to apply our intelligence more wisely. He shows us how we can identify bias, read and regulate our emotions, fine-tune our intuition, navigate ambiguity and uncertainty and think more flexibly.

Whether you are a NASA scientist or a school student, The Intelligence Trap offers a new toolkit to realise your full potential.

©2019 David Robson (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2019 David Robson (P)2019 Consciousness & Thought Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Inspiring

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Wery good book, a lot of good peris data about reserches and many waluable leeds to next books and thinks to learn.
Easy and understandible, enjoy to listen. I will listen it agein after a while.
The think about "Reflective Competence" Was new to me! 👍

Super good!

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Essential for understanding other's apparent stupidity and, crucially, one self's!
Take it from an expert...
Recommended!!!

Most inspiring book in a long time.

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Well communicated, and consistently objective. This book will tear you apart and build you back up with shiny new parts and some good scaffolding.

The Bible of the new age

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In particular the education and teamwork section at the end of this book is worth its purchase. The remainder of the book is interesting but less informative.

Good easy to read book

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Wonderful book that introduces the concept of evidence based wisdom. Covers personal life, education and organizational life. Filled with practical insights on how one can make better decisions, reduce the impact of our hard wired cognitive blind spots and generally live wiser lives

Groundbreaking insights

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