In zijn geheel heb ik genoten van dit aparte boek. Het verwoord zoveel wat ik zelf ook constateer in de huidige wereld maatschappij waarin wij leven. Maar het zo treffend onder woorden brengen en uiteenzetten laat ik graag over aan de wetenschappers. Het mooie aan dit boek vind ik dat er geen arrogantie vanuit gaat, niet een “wij hebben onderzoek gedaan dus weten alles beter”, maar juist ook goed kijken naar zichzelf en diens vast gesleten patronen. Hoe slim de mens ook is, domheid ligt altijd op de loer. Zij het in het onwetende of juist in de kwaadaardige vorm maar dat ze er is, is een ding dat zeker is. Domheid helpt in het leerproces dat wij ons hele leven ondergaan en maakt ons mens. Daarom, ‘Domheid, een menselijke gave’. Also included are: a taxonomy of morons, a lot of interviews with experts on stupidity (huh) and a lot whining about Trump. A very off-putting essay collection. I expected it to be very appealing and instead I got a revamp on how some authors are not happy with some people (who might not be happy with these authors in the first place). Listen, lady, you maybe dumbass beans but I like having you around on this blog. Makes me happy. I have a predicated IQ of 12, but your moar than welc0me to contribute these comments, even if you’re poems make me confusion most of the thyme. Please stop using big words.

The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-François Marmion

Despite being excited to start this one, I ended up being really disappointed with the book, for the reasons mentioned above. Ha döntéselméletről beszélünk, akkor Kahneman munkássága, és a Gyors és lassú gondolkodás című műve megkerülhetetlen, vagyis a könyv első kb 120 oldala ebből idéz, emel ki, hivatkozik rá, de van benne egy beszélgetés magával, Kahnemannal is. Marmion hat die „klügsten“ Menschen zum Thema „Stupidty“ befragt. Von Daniel Kahnemann bis Antonio Damasio sind sehr viele Wissenschaftler:innen dabei, die ihre Beobachtungen aus ihrem Expertengebiet wiedergeben. Und teilweise sind sehr erfrischende Aussagen dabei. Sind TV und Social Media wirklich Medien, die Kinder verblöden? A title like The Psychology of Stupidity already rings warning bells in its presumptive smugness. And, it turns out that much of what is described as “stupidity” here is in fact ordinary cognitive biases that we are all guilty of, here described by authors who write as if they are invulnerable to these flaws themselves. Furthermore, I can’t understand why people such as Kahneman agreed to contribute to this. It’s not going to teach curious and impartial readers much, and because of its contemptuous approach to people who ostensibly are “stupid”, I imagine many readers won’t even finish it.The danger of reading a book called The Psychology of Stupidity is finding out that you're one of the stupid ones.

basic laws of human stupidity, according to Cipolla The 5 basic laws of human stupidity, according to Cipolla

Vote idiotically, to the detriment of entire nations (and the planet) as they’re so readily susceptible to basic demagogues and propagandaThese two specialists discovered that incompetent people tend to overestimate their own level of competence. That is why a fool who’s never had a dog will tell you how to train yours. Dunning and Kruger attribute this tendency to the difficulty that unqualified people have, in certain contexts, with assessing their true abilities. But that’s not all: according to these psychologists, not only does the incompetent person overestimate his own level of competence, he also fails to recognize competence in those who possess it. (c) Now, this is a really great point. If you’re smart, what you’ll take from Marmion’s work (with all of its accomplished contributors) is how stupid we all are, in one way or another. The individuals he consults include: Loon” is a cute way to talk about fools, not angry fools, but the dreamy kind caught up in a fantasy world. The loon is a step away from the weirdo—that is to say, a loon who does bizarre or excessive things. And the weirdo is not far removed from the freak, who, according to the rigorous National Center for Textual and Lexical Resources, is “generally a fantasist who displays eccentric behavior.” In current French usage, the expression “freak out�� can mean horse around, show off, or act goofy; and it also approximates the French expression “faire le zouave”: to act like a clown. In English, “get your freak on” recently entered the Oxford English Dictionary, meaning, roughly, to engage in uninhibited sexual behavior, or to dance like a maniac. (c)

The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-Francois Marmion The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-Francois Marmion

By the same token, it must be accepted that the idiot is in good mental health overall; because the illusion of control is much weaker among depressed people. (c) The thing is, the control freak might not be an idiot but just a, well, control freak. Is it possible to make a scientific study of idiots? It's a provocative question! We know of asinine studies (for example: "Farting as a Defense Against Unspeakable Dread"), and studies on pointless jobs that have no social value and bring little personal satisfaction; but studies on idiots themselves? What would that even look like?Ik moest in de eerste instantie wel wennen aan de manier waarop alles geschreven is. Er komen verschillende personen aan het woord, alles onder redactie van Jean-François Marmion, waardoor de bewoording voor mijn gevoel nogal resoluut kon veranderen. De mensen die aan het woord komen in het boek oefenen allemaal andere beroepen uit zoals bijvoorbeeld psychologen, professoren, maar ook journalisten, leraren enzovoort. Dit laat zien dat er met het onderzoek een breed perspectief aangenomen is en het veelzijdig benaderd wordt. Oh well. It’s a controversial one, as so few are willing to admit they’re stupid. Welcome to Professional Moron, sah! The book is terribly edited. It has no flow or coherence, moving from chapters abusing the “stupid”, to reflections on cognition and human psychology, with no clear linkages between the two. The crucial thing is to be aware of it and to feel sorry about it; because to err is human, and admitting your faults is halfway to having them forgiven. There will always be those who take us for fools, but we recognise our own folly far too rarely.”