by David Robson
Robson reveals that high intelligence can make people more vulnerable to bias, since smart people are better at rationalizing flawed conclusions. The antidote is humility and disconfirming evidence.
In this collection, The Intelligence Trap references 3 other books.
It draws on Thinking, Fast and Slow, Mindset and Emotional Intelligence.
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Robson engages extensively with Kahneman's work on cognitive biases and how even experts fall prey to heuristic thinking
References Dweck's Mindset research on how fixed vs growth mindsets affect intellectual humility and learning
Cites Goleman's Emotional Intelligence research on why IQ alone does not predict wise decision-making
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