A powerful, compassionate investigation of why it’s so hard to change your mind—and the transformative effects that follow when you do—by the internationally bestselling author of You Are Not So Smart"A riveting read on the art and science of persuasion . . . In a time when too many minds seem closed, this is a masterful analysis of what it takes to open them." —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and h...

The author of the bestselling You Are Not So Smart shares more discoveries about self-delusion and irrational thinking, and gives readers a fighting chance at outsmarting their not-so-smart brainsDavid McRaney’s first book, You Are Not So Smart, evolved from his wildly popular blog of the same name. A mix of popular psychology and trivia, McRaney’s insights have struck a chord with thousands, and his blog--and now podcasts and videos--have become ...

An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name.Whether you’re deciding which smartphone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic. But here’s the truth: You are not so smart. You’re just as deluded as the rest of us—but that’s okay, because being deluded is part of being human.Growing out of David ...

誠品選書 ＆ Amazon 年度科學選書美國在2012年還是以反對同性婚姻合法化者居多，英國在2020年底仍有86%拒絕接種新冠疫苗，但不到一年即情勢互換，顯然人的想法是能夠改變的，而且改變的速度奇快無比，就像骨牌效應一樣瞬間翻轉。我們活在「後信任」的世界，真相不會愈辯愈明，每個人都該學習如何從「對抗」到「對話」。這本書橫跨三大領域：既是一本「如何在20分鐘內說服別人改變立場」的實用心理書，亦是一本「探索思潮、陰謀論如何在社會醞釀和流行」的社會人文書，也是一本「信念、觀點如何在大腦中成形與改變」的認知科學書。這是一本關於...

A powerful, compassionate investigation of why it’s so hard to change your mind—and the transformative effects that follow when you do—by the internationally bestselling author of You Are Not So Smart"A riveting read on the art and science of persuasion . . . In a time when too many minds seem closed, this is a masterful analysis of what it takes to open them." —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and h...

An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name.Whether you’re deciding which smartphone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic. But here’s the truth: You are not so smart. You’re just as deluded as the rest of us—but that’s okay, because being deluded is part of being human.Growing out of David ...