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The Intelligence Trap

The ultimate guide to help you revolutionise your thinking, make wiser decisions and transform your life

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The Intelligence Trap

By: David Robson
Narrated by: Simon Slater
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The life-changing toolkit to help you maximise your potential, from the author of The Expectation Effect.

'Essential reading for anyone who wants to think more clearly.' - ROLF DOBELLI, multi-million copy bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly

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 Consciousness & Thought Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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A bit slow to start with, then excellent. Thought provoking when it comes to managing risk, and simple mistakes that caused tremendous losses.

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The historical examples are excellent to convey the key insights around biases. I find it amusing that the author engages in similar dogmatic judgement while simultaneously extolling the virtues of cultivating the wisdom to practice curiosity.

Good material

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simply an amazing and and well thought out book.
the narrator was excellent and a great fit.
Highly recommended!

amazing book!!!

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I wished he hadn't touched on the political. Unnecessary. Other than that a great book.

Touch of political I didnt appreciate

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Bad science, unquantifiable data
Just rubbish
Elitist and unhinged
The author needs therapy to deal with his obvious inferiority complex

Rubbish

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