Bhaktajan II
Hare Krishna Yogi
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The Invisible Gorilla reveals the myriad ways that our intuitions can deceive us, but it’s much more than a catalog of human failings. Chabris and Simons explain why we succumb to these everyday illusions and what we can do to inoculate ourselves against their effects.
Ultimately, the book provides a kind of x-ray vision into our own minds, making itossible to pierce the veil of illusions that clouds our thoughts and to think clearly for perhaps the first time.
Again and again, we think we experience and understand the world as it is, but our thoughts are beset by everyday illusions. We write traffic laws and build criminal cases on the assumption that people will notice when something unusual happens right in front of them. We’re sure we know where we were on 9/11, falsely believing that vivid memories are seared into our minds with perfect fidelity. And as a society, we spend billions on devices to train our brains because we’re continually tempted by the lure of quick fixes and effortless self-improvement.
The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons - Hardcover - Random House
Ultimately, the book provides a kind of x-ray vision into our own minds, making itossible to pierce the veil of illusions that clouds our thoughts and to think clearly for perhaps the first time.
Again and again, we think we experience and understand the world as it is, but our thoughts are beset by everyday illusions. We write traffic laws and build criminal cases on the assumption that people will notice when something unusual happens right in front of them. We’re sure we know where we were on 9/11, falsely believing that vivid memories are seared into our minds with perfect fidelity. And as a society, we spend billions on devices to train our brains because we’re continually tempted by the lure of quick fixes and effortless self-improvement.
The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons - Hardcover - Random House