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neenreads's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
pinklemonrade's review against another edition
3.0
This book should be called "Everything You Think You Know is a Lie" or "Things You Don't Want to Know Because Everything Means Nothing."
It was interesting, but just made me feel sad. Basically, you're never really thinking rationally or clearly, and if you are, you're a robot. The book is a breakdown of all the psych/social theories and how they impact us/the world. Basically, everything is random and life is a mess. You can't really believe your own mind.
Hard words to read.
It was interesting, but just made me feel sad. Basically, you're never really thinking rationally or clearly, and if you are, you're a robot. The book is a breakdown of all the psych/social theories and how they impact us/the world. Basically, everything is random and life is a mess. You can't really believe your own mind.
Hard words to read.
sj5000's review against another edition
2.0
Pretty straightforward and obvious, didn't get much out of it although it was interesting
theresareadsalot's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
aljosanpedro's review against another edition
4.0
Honestly, it really just opened my eyes to a lot of small things based on findings in social and cognitive psychology, which is why I liked it so much. I don't really care that other books have explained the fallacies better or this book "plagiarized" a ton of readings.
If you want to be more aware about your little shortcomings in thinking, this is a good place to start.
If you want to be more aware about your little shortcomings in thinking, this is a good place to start.
kirsten0929's review against another edition
3.0
Human behavior, why we do what we do, how we humans are infinitely irrational. I'm a sucker for this stuff. Especially when it's conveyed in ninety-nine short, generally three pages each, bite-sized vignettes. There wasn't anything particularly new, it was a collection of interesting tidbits, most of which I had read somewhere, and probably in more depth, before (for example, The Paradox of Choice and Predictably Irrational), but it was an easy and entertaining read.
zoffi's review against another edition
I hate his explanations, arguments and examples. They are heartless and utter bs.
lorenzadlung's review against another edition
4.0
Nützlich, um diese Denkfehler zu wissen. Der Ton ist bisweilen Oberlehrer- bzw. Macho-haft, und manche Vergleiche zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus hätten etwas mehr Kontext bzw. Erklärung benötigt. Trotzdem eine kurzweilige, hilfreiche Lektüre.