The Power of Stupidity
Four “reviews”
in
Google Books
anonymous – and undated
1
aggressively antagonistic
(luckily – the only one of its kind)
The author presents his world view in hope that the readers will find it convincing or insightful simply by comparing it to their own “life experience”. While readily admitting his own confusion and difficulty with the matter at hand, he deliberately skips any and all evidence that might serve as confirmation for this theories, be it anecdotes or concrete quantitative data. Some manipulative appeals are also made to the reader (of the sort “you’re intelligent because you’re reading my book”). This is a thinking-aloud/armchair philosophy/hand waving type of text and unlikely to influence you in any way if you are used to stricter modes of reasoning such as those applied in scientific research of the subjects. An interesting topic shallowly treated and only moderately entertaining.
2
comforting – but is this all there is to say?
A book on stupidity is absolutely smart!
A clever way to discuss stupidity.
A very intelligent book!
3
just six words – whatever they may mean
This book is very good made.
4
encouraging – but somewhat inconclusive
Great book revealing a great hidden truth. Hidden in front of our noses, dealing with it everyday. The author’s right, we’re all stupid in certain ways. But why? Does this reveal the entropic nature of human evolution?
Of course this is too tiny a “sample” to be meaningful.
But maybe people who read
a whole book online do so
more superficially than those who have time to think?
[g.l.]
