A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
by Cordelia Fine
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Exposing the mind's deceptions and exploring how the mind defends and glorifies the ego, [the author] illustrates the brain's tendency toward self-delusion. Unbeknownst to us, our brain - vain, emotional, immoral, deluded, pigheaded, secretive, weak-willed, and bigoted - pushes, pulls, twists, and warps our perceptions. Whether it be hindsight bias, wishful thinking, unrealistic optimism, or moral excuse-making, each of us has a slew of mind-bugs and ordinary prejudices that prevent us from show more seeing the truth about the world, the people around us, and ourselves.-Dust jacket. show lessTags
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I found it an interesting read, how we can't assume that what we're thinking on the surface permiates and how unthinking biases can cause long-term repercussions which have fueled sexism and racism and probably a lot of other isms too. A bit of a pop-culture quick look, but well cited and a springboard to further reading.
Probably redundant, and by the time I'll find a copy it'll be old, but Nikki's review tempts me....
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Cordelia Fine, a psychologist and professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Melbourne, is the author of the much-acclaimed Delusions of Gender and A Mind of Its Own.
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- 2006
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- For Russell
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- Reynolds, Susan Salter; Kim, Wood; Taylor, Gilbert; Perina, Kaja; Hughes, Mary Ann; Botton, Alain de (show all 12); Kalat, James W.; Montgomery, Brint; Smith, Alexander McCall; Stafford, Tom; Rivers, Caryl; Pullman, Philip
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