You are Not So Smart: Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself

Think youre rational? Think again How many of your Facebook friends do you think you know? Would you help a stranger in need? Do you know why youre so in love with your new smartphone? The truth is: youre probably wrong. You are not so smart. In this international bestseller, award-winning journalist David McRaney examines the assorted ways we mislead ourselves every single day. A psychology course with all the boring bits taken out, prepare for a whirlwind tour of the latest research in the subject, fused with a healthy dose of humour and wit. Youll discover just how irrational you really are, which delusions keep you sane, how to boost your productivity, and why youve never kept a New Years resolution.