Table of Contents and Chapter Excerpts

PREFACE
Chapter 1: Why Do Smart People Do Dumb Things?
Our “stupid” beliefs, actions, and decisions are more often the result of blind spots than of stupidity.
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Chapter 2: Fools Rush In
We don’t usually think of failing to stop and think as a blind spot – but it is. What can keep us from rushing in?
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Chapter 3: Often Wrong, but Never in Doubt?
“How could you not know that!” our friends demand when we’re ignorant about something they think “everyone should know.” But how can you know what you don’t know?
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Chapter 4: If It Were Any Closer, It Would Bite You!
How is it that we can miss seeing, hearing – just noticing – things that are glaringly obvious to others?
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Chapter 5: Your Own Worst Enemy
Why is it so hard for us to see ourselves? How can we miss what a stranger notices about us in minutes?
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Chapter 6 Don’t Give a Cat Calendar to a Dog Lover!
How “myside bias” makes it hard for us to see other points of view. (Sorry, no excerpt available.)

Chapter 7 Thinking INside of the Box
How thinking in categories helps – and hinders – our creativity and problem-solving. (Sorry, no excerpt available.)

Chapter 8: Thinking by the Seat of Your Pants
How our strong natural logic makes us smart – and also leads us to fail tests of logic.. (Sorry, no excerpt available.)

Chapter 9: Why It’s So Hard To Find the Proof in the Pudding
Why is “hard evidence” so often unconvincing? (Sorry, no excerpt available.)

Chapter 10: The Usual Suspects: Why We Miss the Real Culprit
How our blind spots make it hard to answer the question “Why?” (Sorry, no excerpt available.)

Chapter 11: He Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
On missing “the big picture.” (Sorry, no excerpt available.)