Why smart people do stupid things all in the mind abc. At home we might live with someone who is intellectually gifted but also. Pinpoint your biggest money blind spots and take control of your finances with these tools from cbs news business analyst and host of the nationally syndicated radio show jill on money, jill schlesinger. What are the signs of an ultrasmart person playing dumb. Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Book smart peopleare people who sit down, shut their mouths and listen, with respect for knowledge. Education isnt the only field where smart people act in dumb ways. But thats not the same as intelligent behaviour in the real world, stanovich says. Intelligent people may or may not have been educated to a higher level 8. There are inspiring and smart quotes that famous people make and then there are the utterly stupid ones. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading why smart people can be so stupid. Jun 06, 2016 w e all know smart people who do stupid things.
Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Why smart people can be so stupid kindle edition by sternberg, robert j download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. They often know the names of great thinkers, scientists and other famous people in history. Why smart people do stupid things and how to make wiser decisions by readbook 14 february 2019 as a rule, i have found that the greater brain a man has, and the better he is educated, the easier it has been to mystify him, houdini to arthur conan doyle. Is it common for smart people to have no common sense. Automechanics, plumbers, electricians, police officers, fire fighters, hair stylists, office work that requires interaction with the public and so on. Best smart people quotes selected by thousands of our users. Perhaps the most adopted view of intelligence is the ability to warning.
Being able to succeed scholastically, and not necessarily in the real world. Book smart people are often educated to a high level. Rating is available when the video has been rented. There is a narrow set of cognitive skills that we track and that we call intelligence. You might know a lot about the history of the cold war, or the life of emily dickinson, quantum mechanics or the biology behind the central nervous system. We worried and fretted then particularly about the stupidity exhibited by two of our recent presidents. Why smart people can be so stupid yale university press.
The reason smart people can sometimes be stupid, he says, is that intelligence and rationality are different. Behaviors that make you seem stupid psychology today. Oct 19, 2017 10 problems only smart people have being intelligent is great, but it does have some real downsides, according to science. Sternberg dissolves the paradox by simply denying that smart people can be stupid. Mar 06, 2020 ever wonder why smart people can be so stupid. But book smarts wont help you that much in the real world. They may avoid the correct response because it doesnt seem rational when we all know that life isnt always rational. The new york post just ran an article titled the corporate cure for sexual harassment only feeds the. So street smart people please stop making fun of those who are not, street start. This book is a serious attempt to understand a common phenomenon. If not their art, these are the quotes that skyrocketed them to instant fame. They may avoid the correct response because it doesnt. None of us like being told were not as clever as we thought, and a book with the tagline why smart people do stupid things could easily become unenjoyable to read.
The fact is very smart people use their cognitive ability on an entirely different, higher level, and because of this people misunderstand them. Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart. A new study in the journal of personality and social psychology led by richard west at james madison university and keith stanovich at the university of toronto suggests that, in many instances. If were looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldnt test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. At work we see people with brilliant minds make the most simple mistakes. Those people with social intelligence will run circles around some of those scientists in certain jobs. The dumb things smart people do with their money by jill.
Oct 03, 2017 this is, in other words, perhaps why smart people do dumb things. Aug 19, 2008 everyday survival is not a book about surviving today, it is a book about surviving for a lifetime, one day at a time. However, he changes the issue from why smart people can be so stupid to why smart people can be so foolish. I dont believe in calling anyone stupid, and i want you to know that i deal with this name calling in the first two chapters of the book. As always, robert sternberg takes on important issues in a creative way, and has gathered a strong band of contributors, each of whom offers an insightful analysis. The truth is that book smarts or business savvy dont make a person perfect. You need to explore options that suit you and your strengths.
This original book gathers together the best thinking and research on what causes smart people to do foolish things. The illustrations of human ignorance that robson uses are not always comfortable or lowstakes subjects. Laurence gonzales expose on why smart people do stupid things, is a book that cannot help but cut through to the bone of human nature. One need not look far to find breathtaking acts of stupidity committed by people who are smart, or even brilliant. Everyday survival is not a book about surviving today, it is a book about surviving for a lifetime, one day at a time. Sometimes the most intelligent people lack the most common sense. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. Intelligent people tend to use their instincts more to make decisions whereas book smart people rely on tried and tested strategies 5.
I think this is actually a misconception that many people have. Jul 03, 2012 intelligent people often override common sense with their considerable brain power but this isnt always a good thing. A stupid mans report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. The ability to think critically, on the other hand, has been associated with wellness and longevity. People who are extremely booksmart and stupid posted by rogertheshrubber on 7218 at 10. If your work is so smart that only smart people get it, its not that smart. Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never.
A serious attempt to understand a common phenomenon from the author of the nature of human intelligence psychology today. People judge the best professors by the number of awards they get, or the salary. They dont know everything, so they commit to learning everything possible. Smart people are not only just as prone to making mistakes as everyone elsethey may even be more susceptible to them. Jill schlesinger has written an eyeopening, practical, and funny book about how we screw up and how we can get it right. Why do otherwise intelligent people think and behave in ways so stupid that they sometimes destroy their livelihoods or even their lives. Students of human behavior should find it appealing and may even learn how to avoid doing stupid things. To preface, im going to start by saying that i think that im a smart person that hides his intelligence i dont think im to the level of ultra smart though, thats something on another fucking level. Why smart people can be so stupid kindle edition by. Revised and updated follows the original publication by more than seven years.
I kind of think you have to be on the spectrum to tolerate that much of one subject. The smart way to deal with stupid people describes an easy, 5step process to help you get what you wantwhen you wantfrom people who are in the way. Smart people are more prone to silly mistakes because of blind spots in how they use logic. Jun 24, 2011 there are lots of people who are not book smart who have jobscareers that dont require book smarts. Apr 05, 2016 book smart peopleare people who sit down, shut their mouths and listen, with respect for knowledge. The behavior of smart individualsfrom presidents to prosecutors to professorsis at times so amazingly stupid as to seem inexplicable.
Instead, in contrast to stanovich, sternberg seems to accept that stupid is the opposite of smart. In fact, smart people seem prone to spectacular lapses in judgment more so than average people. Intelligent people are often street smart, in that they have learned from their own experiences. Moser of michigan state university has shown that the brains of smart people actually react differently to mistakes. The fact that smart people sometimes behave stupidly is, of course, not exactly news. The behavior of clever individualsfrom presidents to prosecutors to professorsis at times so amazingly stupid as to seem inexplicable. Book smart people have often studied hard to achieve their level of knowledge. In the dumb things smart people do with their money. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book.
Why smart people can be so stupid offers serious answers to a neglected conundrum, one with ramifications for understanding the very nature of intelligence itself. This is, in other words, perhaps why smart people do dumb things. Intelligent people may or may not have been educated to a higher level. Why smart people can be so stupid suggests a man at the verge of that great and humane understanding. Book smart people are often educated to a high level 6.
In his edited book why smart people can be so stupid, another noted cognitive psychologist, robert sternberg. Written by multiple authors who make key contributions, the book introduces a myriad of compelling reasons as to why smart people can be so stupid in each chapter. Apr 01, 2002 a serious attempt to understand a common phenomenon from the author of the nature of human intelligence psychology today. About the dumb things smart people do with their money. But a new book by cbs news business analyst and certified financial planner jill schlesinger may provide some solutions. Intelligent people often override common sense with their considerable brain power but this isnt always a good thing. These blind spots exist because smart people tend to be overconfident in their reasoning abilities. Book smart people, street smart people are different. One study published in the journal of personality and social psychology gave logic problems to people to solve and found that smart people tended to make more mistakes than those of average intellect, because smart people were more likely to. Imagine that the young sternberg had instead gotten run over by a. Smart people think in situations where they should feel, like in relationships. Alison green, author of ask a manager the dumb things smart people do with their money is a powerful, easytoread guide full of commonsense advice. Of course, we worried about ourselves and the host of other intelligent people who behaved out of character at one time or. People who are extremely booksmart and stupid page 2.