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You are now less dumb, how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness, and all the other ways to outsmart yourself, David McRaney

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You are now less dumb, how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness, and all the other ways to outsmart yourself, David McRaney

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-309)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You are now less dumb

Nature of contents

bibliography

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825645867

Responsibility statement

David McRaney

Sub title

how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness, and all the other ways to outsmart yourself

Summary

The popular blogger and author of the best-selling "You Are Not So Smart" shares more discoveries about self-delusion and irrational thinking, analyzing 15 additional ways people routinely fool themselves in areas ranging from attraction and time wasted to best intentions and the true price of happiness

Table Of Contents

Self-delusion -- Narrative bias -- The common belief fallacy -- The Benjamin Franklin effect -- The post hoc fallacy -- The halo effect -- Ego depletion -- The misattribution of arousal -- the illusion of external agency -- The backfire effect -- Pluralistic ignorance -- The no true Scotsman fallacy -- The illusion of asymmetric insight -- Enclothed cognition -- Deindividuation - -The sunk cost fallacy -- The overjustification effect -- The self-enhancement bias

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