An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name. Whether you�re deciding which smartphone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic. But here�s the truth: You are not so smart. You�re just as deluded as the rest of us�but that�s okay, because being deluded is part of being human. Growing out of David McRaney�s popular blog, You Are Not So Smart reveals that every decision we make, every thought we contemplate, and every emotion we feel comes with a story we tell ourselves to explain them. But often these stories aren�t true. Each short chapter�covering topics such as Learned Helplessness, Selling Out, and the Illusion of Transparency�is like a psychology course with all the boring parts taken out. Bringing together popular science and psychology with humor and wit, You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of our irrational, thoroughly human behavior.