Surrounded by Idiots
by Thomas Erikson · first published 2014
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Do you ever think you’re the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy? Or does your colleague’s abrasive manner rub you the wrong way? You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was ‘surrounded by idiots’, communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people. Surrounded by Idiots is an international ph
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on “Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially for tech teams?” ↗…hard to figure out from this verbose article, whether it is just professional jealousy or a genuine need to debunk the theory of assigning colours to personality types, as described in the book titled Surrounded by idiots. The crux of the argument is that a professional psychologist, who is also a member Swedish Skeptics Society, is refuting the author's claim of being a 'behavioural scientist', yet he admits that it is…
on “How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots”” ↗Two observations: 1) From the headline alone, I guessed this would be about the Macchiarini scandal at Karolinska. 2) I think this is the same guy who also wrote Omgiven av idioter ["Surrounded by Idiots"] (? though I could be misremembering). Which would be ironic, since he seems to be among the bigger ones himself.
on “Swedes were fooled by one of the biggest scientific bluffs of our time (2020)” ↗…facial microexpressions analysis can predict relationship outcome with 90% certainty. Except it's just an overfit model, it can't, and he's no longer my favorite author. [0] Similarly, Thomas Erikson's "Surrounded by Idiots" also lacks validation. [1] Both authors have been making top 10 lists for years, and Audible's top selling list just reminded me of them. Similarly, shocking publications in Nature or Science are to…
on “A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to be true is cited more” ↗