For the sceptics, understanding that we may be repeatedly hoodwinked by our own minds is the start of the only kind of intelligence of which we are ever capable; just as we are never as foolish as when we fail to suspect we might be so.

l’intelligence qui a exercé l’influence la plus considérable est celle du QI, ou quotient intellectuel – selon laquelle nous disposerions chacun d’une quantité déterminée d’intelligence innée, qu’on peut aisément tester et évaluer. J’ai déjà eu l’occasion dans de précédents ouvrages d’exposer les failles de cette théorie, que je ne reprendrai pas i

Daniel Kahneman’s bestselling book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, is a major contribution to accurate thinking. Similar to the classic Straight and Crooked Thinking by R. H. Thouless and C. R. Thouless, Kahneman’s book explores and explains many of the reasons why we come to false conclusions which lead to actions that fail to achieve the results we des