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how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness, and all the other ways to outsmart yourself

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An edition of You are now less dumb (2013)

You are now less dumb

how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness, and all the other ways to outsmart yourself

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.67 ·
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The popular blogger and author of the best-selling "You Are Not So Smart" shares more discoveries about self-delusion and irrational thinking, analyzing 15 additional ways people routinely fool themselves in areas ranging from attraction and time wasted to best intentions and the true price of happiness.

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English
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309

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Subjects
Defense mechanisms (Psychology), Reason, Perception, Truth, Psychological aspects, Thought and thinking, Defense mechanisms (psychology)

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You Are Now Less Dumb: How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Ou Tsmart Yourself
2014, Penguin Publishing Group
in English
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You Are Now Less Dumb: How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Outsmart Yourself
Jul 30, 2013, Gildan Media
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You are now less dumb: how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness, and all the other ways to outsmart yourself
2013
in English
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Table of Contents

Self-delusion
Narrative bias
The common belief fallacy
The Benjamin Franklin effect
The post hoc fallacy
The halo effect
Ego depletion
The misattribution of arousal
The illusion of external agency
The backfire effect
Pluralistic ignorance
The no true Scotsman fallacy
The illusion of asymmetric insight
Enclothed cognition
Deindividuation
The sunk cost fallacy
The overjustification effect
The self-enhancement bias.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-309).

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Dewey Decimal Class
153.4/3
Library of Congress
BF441 .M428 2013

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Pagination
309 pages ;
Number of pages
309

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OL26423240M
Internet Archive
youarenowlessdum0000mcra
ISBN 10
1592408052
ISBN 13
9781592408054
LCCN
2013000586
OCLC/WorldCat
825645867

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