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 · The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone. The Knowledge Illusion.: Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach. Penguin, - Psychology - 3/5(1). The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone. Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach. Riverhead, $28 (p) ISBN Sloman, a professor of . The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone Hardcover – Ma. by Steven Sloman (Author), Philip Fernbach (Author) out of 5 stars. ratings. Editors' pick Best Nonfiction. See all formats and editions. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Try again/5().

The Knowledge Illusion () is an in-depth exploration of the human mind. It argues against the view that intelligence is solely an individual attribute, offering compelling arguments for how our success as a species would have been impossible without a community of knowledge. Why We Never Think Alone - The Knowledge Illusion by Steven. The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone Hardcover - Ma by Steven Sloman (Author), Philip Fernbach (Author) out of 5 stars ratings. In The Knowledge Illusion, the cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach hammer another nail into the coffin of the rational individual positing that not just rationality but the very idea of individual thinking is a myth.. Yuval Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens and Homo Deus. Sloman and Fernbach offer clever demonstrations of how much we take for granted, and how.

The first big idea presented in the book is that we are fallible and that our individual knowledge is limited. Furthermore, we are often not cognizant of these limitations, which leads to what the authors call the 'knowledge illusion'. We don't really know the things that we think we know. The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone. The Knowledge Illusion.: Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach. Penguin, - Psychology - pages. 1 Review. “The Knowledge Illusion is. Overview. “The Knowledge Illusion is filled with insights on how we should deal with our individual ignorance and collective wisdom.” —Steven Pinker. We all think we know more than we actually do. Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don’t even know how a pen or a toilet works.