Zusatztext The Intelligence Trap is ceaselessly fascinating and brilliantly written by one of our most consistently superb science writers. Its counter-intuitive argument! that intelligence is no inoculation against wrongness! explains so much about the fractious and baffling times in which we live. Informationen zum Autor David Robson is an award-winning science journalist. He was a features editor at New Scientist for five years before joining BBC Future as a senior journalist, where he specialised in psychology, neuroscience and medicine. He regularly features on the radio discussing scientific issues, and his writing has also appeared in the Guardian , the Sydney Morning Herald , the Atlantic and the Washington Post . Klappentext The idea that smart people are prone to stupid acts is proposed as 'the intelligence trap' in this provocative debut, drawing attention to historic examples such as failures of Thomas Edison, NASA and the FBI, as well as advising on skills to protect the self from these errors. Vorwort A toolkit for intelligent people to become smarter, overcoming their blind spots and maximising their potential. Zusammenfassung A toolkit for intelligent people to become smarter, overcoming their blind spots and maximising their potential.

The Intelligence Trap is ceaselessly fascinating and brilliantly written by one of our most consistently superb science writers. Its counter-intuitive argument, that intelligence is no inoculation against wrongness, explains so much about the fractious and baffling times in which we live.

Vorwort
A toolkit for intelligent people to become smarter, overcoming their blind spots and maximising their potential.

Autorentext
David Robson is an award-winning science journalist. He was a features editor at New Scientist for five years before joining BBC Future as a senior journalist, where he specialised in psychology, neuroscience and medicine. He regularly features on the radio discussing scientific issues, and his writing has also appeared in the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Atlantic and the Washington Post.

Klappentext

The idea that smart people are prone to stupid acts is proposed as 'the intelligence trap' in this provocative debut, drawing attention to historic examples such as failures of Thomas Edison, NASA and the FBI, as well as advising on skills to protect the self from these errors.