In each episode, i interview a scientist or several and explore what weve learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decisionmaking. This is a book summary of you are not so smart by david mcraney. This same rational is discussed in the selfserving bias chapter, in which mcraney describes how we associate positive outcomes with our own affirmative behavior yet make external attributions when something goes wrong. In you are not so smart as in the blog of the same name that preceded it mcraney focuses on the topic of selfdelusion by linking scientific studies to realworld behaviors, explaining tendencies toward procrastination, selfconsciousness, and doubt. In short, you keep the lights on, buy the coffee, and make the show possible.
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