The Topic: Confabulation The Guest: V.S. Ramachandran The Episode: iTunes – Download – Stitcher – RSS - Soundcloud Caden Cotard in Synecdoche, New York. Source: Sony Pictures Classics As a motto for ...
The Topic: The Illusion of Knowledge The Guest: Christopher Chabris The Episode: iTunes – Download – Stitcher – RSS - Soundcloud Remember when the United States stock market crashed...
Josh Mecouch over at Formal Sweatpants created a new comic based on a YANSS post a while back on procrastination. Thanks, Josh. This is great. That post discussed the concept of future self vs. prese...
The Topic: Attention The Guest: Daniel Simons The Episode: iTunes – Download - RSS The video above demonstrates the Monkey Business Illusion. It’s designed to fool both people who have an...
The Misconception: Willpower is just a metaphor. The Truth: Willpower is a finite resource. Forever Alone by Lysgaard(Source: Lysgaard) In 2005, a team of psychologists made a group of college studen...
Artist: Tara Cunningham I’m giving away ten signed copies of the book, five plush brain cells, and five plush nerve cells. If you order a copy of You Are Not So Smart this week, physical or e-b...
The Misconception: There is nothing better in the world than getting paid to do what you love. The Truth: Getting paid for doing what you already enjoy will sometimes cause your love for the task to ...
Welcome to the post-book-launch You Are Not So Smart. I’m doing press all week, but big things are afoot. In December, You Are Not So Smart will begin posting updates twice a week, and in 2012 ...
The book is out, and you can get a copy just about anywhere in the United States. Until November 5, if you send a picture of yourself with the book to notsosmartbook@gmail.com, I will send you a free...
This is the last week! All month, I have been promoting the October 27 You Are Not So Smart book release with five giveaways and 19 super-cool prizes. I’m giving away a Kindle, Kindle Fire, or ...
All month, I have been promoting the October 27 You Are Not So Smart book release with five giveaways and 19 super-cool prizes. I’m giving away a Kindle, Kindle Fire, or a $25 gift certificate ...
This month, I am promoting the October 27 You Are Not So Smart book release with five contests and 19 super-cool prizes. To win a Kindle, Kindle Fire, or a $25 gift certificate to Think Geek, ...
This month, I am promoting the October 27 You Are Not So Smart book release with five contests and 19 super-cool prizes. To enter the first two contests, readers embedded the book trailer on their bl...
The Misconception: You do nice things for the people you like and bad things to the people you hate. The Truth: You grow to like people for whom you do nice things and hate people you harm. Benjamin ...
This is the book promotion. I won’t bother you with it again. First of all – thank you. The people who love this this blog have been, and continue to be, some of the most vocal fans on th...
This is the first of two trailers for the book. I wanted the first video released to be something which could stand alone, something which would keep the tone and approach of the book. I also ...
The Misconception: You celebrate diversity and respect others’ points of view. The Truth: You are driven to create and form groups and then believe others are wrong just because they are other...
Would you like a Kindle 3G? I’m giving one away to a fan. I’m using Facebook to pick the person, so it just become a fan of You Are Not So Smart on Facebook. I won’t spam up your fe...
The Misconception: You always know why you feel the way you feel. The Truth: You can experience emotional states without knowing why, even if you believe you can pinpoint the source. Source: capbridg...
The Misconception: When your beliefs are challenged with facts, you alter your opinions and incorporate the new information into your thinking. The Truth: When your deepest convictions are challenged...
First, I want to say thanks to all the wonderful entries I received. In celebration of the upcoming You Are Not So Smart book release I wanted to show my appreciation to my impressive and interesting...
The Misconception: You make rational decisions based on the future value of objects, investments and experiences. The Truth: Your decisions are tainted by the emotional investments you accumulate, an...
I’ve selected 11 entries in the contest to win an iPad in exchange for your creativity for you to vote on. The entry with the most votes on April 1, 2011 wins. You will be able to check on the ...
Here are 34 new contest entries in the contest to win an iPad in exchange for your creativity. 17 This entry comes from Tara Cunningham who says she thought her mind worked like a predictable circuit...
Here are five new contest entries in the contest to win an iPad in exchange for your creativity. Click on any of these images to enlarge them. Contest entry number 12 comes from CJ, who writes “...
The Misconception: People who riot and loot are scum who were just looking for an excuse to steal and be violent. The Truth: You are are prone to losing your individuality and becoming absorbed into ...
Here is the eleventh entry in the contest to win an iPad in exchange for your creativity. This artwork from Frederick Duncan imagines what you might see if you could zoom out and view the full body o...
Here is the tenth entry in the contest to win an iPad in exchange for your creativity. This artwork from Robbie Blum is his interpretation of The Moment, or how happiness comes from a two-pronged att...
Here is the ninth entry in the contest to win an iPad in exchange for your creativity. Devon Laird sends this animation which showcases how the illusion of transparency can make you believe you could...
Here is the eighth entry in the contest to win an iPad in exchange for your creativity. This comes from Rich Litvin, who updated his to-do list with inside jokes after reading about procrastination. ...
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