Publisher's Synopsis
The many different reasons for irrational thinking and decisions are scrutinized in this book and the author makes his point by describing relevant experiments. He gives his views of the social and emotional causes of irrationality, of the effects of our evolutionary history and the nature of our brains.;In one chapter there is a focus on the current obsession with the paranormal, using this as an example of the wildest manifestation of the hold of the irrational on contemporary thinking and behaviour. The author finishes by asking what we can do to promote rationality today.
