The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-Francois Marmion - Psychology Non Fiction - Paperback

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781529053869
Publisher: Pan (Pan Macmillan)
Age Range: Adult

Overview
The Psychology of Stupidity: Explained by Some of the World's Smartest People, edited by Jean-Francois Marmion, is a witty, Sunday Times bestselling collection of essays from leading psychologists on why intelligent people fall for nonsense. Drawing together voices such as Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely and Alison Gopnik, it unpacks cognitive bias, misinformation and everyday folly with humour and clarity, offering readers practical insight into how the mind can misfire.

About the Book
Stupidity is everywhere: the colleague who hits "reply all", the old friend sharing conspiracy theories online, the confident voice that is confidently wrong. In The Psychology of Stupidity, editor Jean-Francois Marmion gathers some of the world's sharpest psychological and scientific minds - including Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James, Ryan Holiday, and a Nobel Prize winner - to examine why cleverness offers no protection against folly. Across a series of engaging essays, the book explores how lazy thinking leads to poor decisions, why arguing with someone convinced of their own rightness is often a losing game, and how media manipulation and constant online stimulation quietly reshape what we believe to be true. It also tackles the curious paradox that the most self-unaware people are frequently least able to recognise their own errors of judgement. Rather than a dry academic text, this is a lively, conversational tour through behavioural science, packed with real-world examples readers will instantly recognise from their own lives, workplaces, and social feeds. Praised internationally as a number one bestseller in France, and warmly reviewed for its blend of scholarship and wit, it suits a curious general reader, a book club, or anyone wanting sharper tools for spotting flawed reasoning.

• Contributions from world-renowned thinkers including Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely and a Nobel Prize winner
• Explains cognitive bias and flawed decision-making in clear, everyday language
• Tackles media manipulation and the effects of information overload
• A Sunday Times and international number one bestseller
• Perfect for book clubs, gifting, or anyone fascinated by human behaviour

About the Author
Jean-Francois Marmion is a French psychologist, associate editor of the journal Sciences Humaines, and former editor-in-chief of the magazine Le Cercle Psy. He specialises in curating accessible, expert-led explorations of psychology for a general readership, bringing together an exceptional roster of contributors for this collection. The Psychology of Stupidity was a number one bestseller in his native France before finding wide acclaim internationally, cementing Marmion's reputation as a skilled editor of popular psychological writing that entertains as much as it informs.

Why You'll Love This Non Fiction Paperback
Smart, funny and genuinely useful, this collection turns rigorous psychology into an entertaining read you'll want to quote at dinner parties - and it might just make you a little wiser about your own blind spots too.

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