Click above to listen to Part 5 of Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality, featuring David Robson, Commissioning Editor for the BBC and author of “The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes”, explaining why some of us are too smart for our own good.

Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality:
Part 1: Lise Johnson / Common Worries
Part 2: Eric Chudler / Concern Control
Part 3: Willie Turner / Fear of Flying
Part 4: Charles Wheelan / Probability Problem
Part 5: David Robson / Intelligence Trap

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