The Psychology of Stupidity: Explained by Some of the World's Smartest People

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This power game can be played well or poorly, and in these 48 laws culled from the history and wisdom of the world’s greatest power players are the rules that must be followed to win. We live today as courtiers once did in royal courts: we must appear civil while attempting to crush all those around us. I mean by that, that he’s an asshole who inspires respect and admiration for his mastery of the art of assholery, despite heavy competition from his peers.

The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-François Marmion The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-François Marmion

It was also a chance to become wealthy, but Jill, who was dedicated to following the rules, didn’t question where the money went. Van mij had de uitgave wel een slag groter gemogen waardoor ook het lettertype automatisch mee zou vergroten.I have a predicated IQ of 12, but your moar than welc0me to contribute these comments, even if you’re poems make me confusion most of the thyme. Also included are: a taxonomy of morons, a lot of interviews with experts on stupidity (huh) and a lot whining about Trump.

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In reproving him, you allow him to believe in good faith that he's a hero of anticonformity, someone who ought to be defended and admired.Whereas stupidity, true stupidity, is the hallmark Here we are taking a look at The Psychology of Stupidity, a 2018 work by French psychologist and editor Jean-François Marmion. Although it’s a contested theory, from our experience there’s no denying a lot of people with lower intelligence inflate their ego to absurd highs. The typical example is the asshole who cuts line at the post office, granting himself a privilege that's normally reserved for pregnant women and emergencies.

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A number of studies conducted with Asian participants display an inverse Dunning-Kruger effect; in other words, they underestimate their abilities. While some of the writing here was interesting, it ultimately was not enough to redeem the rest of the books' glaring flaws. And because the book is neither intellectually challenging, nor entirely accurate with regard to theory, and not motivated by a desire to improve public reasoning or discourse, rather than to simply belittle those who don’t conform to a certain intellectual type. Perhaps some minimum scorers scored below chance by chance, or they did in fact fail to consistently apply the rule they thought they had discovered.

Still other times, it's an earthquake, a storm, or a tidal wave that engulfs everything in its path, smashing, trampling, befouling. The wisdom and wit of these experts are a balm for our aggrieved souls and a beacon of hope in a world of morons. Sometimes it emerges as a gentle, almost bearable lapping; other times as a nauseating, stagnant swamp.