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Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err is Human

Michael Kaplan,

Ellen Kaplan

Start date: May 26, 2009

Finish date: June 1, 2009

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May 12, 2009 Les marked it as never-finished

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I like educational books. I like books that make me think and have a goal of showing me a new way of looking at the world around me. I don't like books that try to tell me something new and bore me to tears. This should have been fun, and it wasn't. Maybe I'll go back and finish it someday, but it won't be anytime soon. ...more

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May 20, 2009 Dolly rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2009, nonfiction, science, goodreads-first-reads-giveaways

This is a very interesting book, full of humorous and sobering examples of human nature and its tendency to err. It's chapters encompass a range of topics, from our evolutionary nature to our relatively few numbers of ancestors (compared to other species) to our misplaced faith in infallibility of the machines we build. This book provides an insighful view on why we succeed and fail and our motivations behind our behaviors.

I received this book from the Goodreads giveaway and I enjoyed reading i ...more

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Apr 20, 2009 Jennifer Defoy marked it as to-read

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Jul 15, 2010 Laura marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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