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Bozo Sapiens: Why To Err Is Human (2010)

by Michael Kaplan(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1608190919 (ISBN13: 9781608190911)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Bloomsbury Press

review 1: The book had some interesting bits but I was not a fan of the overall set up. Parts of the book were very dry and I thought the first half of the book was far better than the second half. I thought I was getting a book about why bad decisions are made but mostly it was a few good stories and a little science. I like a good non-fiction book that teaches me things but I felt like I was slogging through the whole 2nd half of this book. It was about a 2 1/2 star for me/
review 2: I expected this to be a bit of a Darwin Awards style diversion. Just a bit of fun, & a chance to make fun of stupid people. Turns out it was much more deep and insightful in terms of how we, as humans (Homo Sapiens Sapiens), perceive, and more to the point, mis-perceive the world around us... more. How the human brain, in order to function effectively, actually limits our perceptions in order to make the most probable guesses as to which course of action will result in survival, or at least benefits, like mating opportunities. Why, for instance, we are apparently hardwired to prefer anecdotal evidence ("I know this guy who knew this guy who . . . ") to much more reliable & probable statistical analysis. How our brains have separate parts which work on the same problem at once & then essentially, compare, contrast & combine. How we rely on memory systems which are inherently unreliable, except in that the fictions we come up with & call our memories are MUCH more meaningful to us than the relatively insignificant details of what actually happened. If any of this sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend this one. Peace. MTK. less

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