2. Beliefs That Make Smart People Dumb

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. 1. Why and When Are Smart People Stupid? 1
6. 2. Beliefs That Make Smart People Dumb 24
7. 3. Smart People Doing Dumb Things 42
8. 4. The Engine of Folly 64
9. 5. When Smart People Behave Stupidly 86
10. 6 Sex, Lies, and Audiotapes 106
11. 7. Rationality, Intelligence, and Levels of Analysis in Cognitive Science 124
12. 8. Smart Is as Stupid Does 159
13. 9. Personality Dispositions 187
14. 10. When ‘‘Stupid’’ Is Smarter Than We Are 212
15. 11. Smart People Are Not Stupid, But They Sure Can Be Foolish 232
16. List of Contributors 243
17. Index 245