The Intelligence Trap: Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions

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Sometimes people just need a reminder that it’s OK to hold multiple views about something without any view being right or wrong. Emotions can also affect our thinking and it is important to be aware of our emotional state and how it may be influencing our decisions. The authors have created a sort of anti-Book of Virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power. Once a perception has been broadened in this way, the thinker cannot unthink what is now in front of them.” Overview of the PMI Technique Named after the ancient Israelite king, Solomon’s paradox describes our inability to reason wisely about our own lives, even if we demonstrate good judgement when faced with other people’s problems.

Smart people are not only just as prone to making mistakes as everyone else, they may be even more susceptible to them. This is the "intelligence trap," the subject of David Robson’s fascinating and provocative book. Termites’, in Shurkin, J. (1992), Terman’s Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up, After reading this I realise I am doubly cognitively challenged. I’m not so intelligent that I am one of those who can effortlessly explain my biases and faulty thinking away, but I still manage to fall for them, only noticing them after the fact. I have lost count of the number of times I thought “uh oh, I’ve done that” while reading it. I am an award-winning writer and editor, who specialises in writing in-depth articles probing the extremes of the human mind, body and behaviour. If I asked you who you think would win a chess match between Magnus Carlson and Elon Musk, you’d probably select Mangus, the five-time chess champion. If I were to ask you who you think would be a better person to lead a space company, you’d probably choose….. Jeff Bezos.We assume that smarter people are less prone to error. But greater education and expertise can often amplify our mistakes while rendering us blind to our biases. This is the ‘intelligence trap’. Just reading the first 5 minutes of this book, I already felt intelligent as Robson intricately delivers tidbits of information about IQ, SATs, and others. Within it are stories about the faux pas the FBI made, Einstein’s irrational behavior, Arthur Conan Doyle and his belief in seances and Steve Jobs believing how vitamins would cure his cancer for example. These brilliant people and top organizations we know make irrational life-changing decisions that would make you wonder and ask WHY? Robson explains about “bias blind spot” and “dysrationalia” are as concepts that explains the whys. Stanovich hopes his test may also be a useful tool to assess how students’ reasoning changes over a school or university course. “This, to me, would be one of the more exciting uses,” Stanovich said. With that data, you could then investigate which interventions are most successful at cultivating more rational thinking styles.

The unexpected failure of teams once their proportion of ‘star’ players reaches a certain threshold. See, for instance, the England football team in the Euro 2016 tournament.” Grit is the combination of passion and perseverance that allows us to overcome obstacles and achieve our goals. When you form you opinion, it will include more points of view to help you make a more balanced decision. Part 4 explores the reasons why talented groups can act stupidly — from the failings of the England football team to the crises of huge organisations like BP, Nokia, and NASA. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed byIf the authors are serious, this is a silly, distasteful book. If they are not, it’s a brilliant satire. A study examined the journals of 1,700 scientists and found that 75% of articles with conclusions that contradicted their prior beliefs were never published. The researchers concluded that these findings demonstrated “systematic suppression of true findings”. Particle Physicist gets catfished The writing is very easy to follow and the pace on how the book is presented makes a lot of sense - it is divided into four parts. The first explains the downsides of intelligence on how a high IQ, education and expertise can fuel stupidity. The second part goes over how to escape the intelligence trap going over reasoning and decision making. Third part presents how wisdom can improve memory and principles of deep learning, and finally the last part presents how teams and organizations could avoid disasters and how to create a dream team for success.