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The Intelligence Trap
 
 
Why Smart People Make Stupid Mistakes – and How to Make Wiser Decisions
 
 
David Robson
 
 
 
 
www.hodder.co.uk
First published in Great Britain in 2019 by
Hodder & Stoughton
An Hachette UK company
 
Copyright © David Robson 2019
 
The right of David Robson to be identified as the Author of the
Work has been asserted by her in accordance with
the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
 
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
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means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be
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in which it is published and without a similar condition being
imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
 
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library
 
ISBN 9781473669864
 
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To my parents, and to Robert
Contents
Introduction
 
Part 1 - The downsides of intelligence
1 The rise and fall of the Termites
2 Entangled arguments
3 The curse of knowledge
 
Part 2 - Escaping the intelligence trap
4 Moral algebra
5 Your emotional compass
6 A bullshit detection kit
 
Part 3 - The art of successful learning
7 Tortoises and hares
8 The benefits of eating bitter
 
Part 4 - The folly and wisdom of the crowd
9 The makings of a ‘dream team’
10 Stupidity spreading like wildfire
 
Epilogue
Appendix: Taxonomies of Stupidity and Wisdom
Notes
Acknowledgements
Picture Credits
Introduction
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