Human Stupidity Books

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Nuclear War: A Scenario Nuclear War: A Scenario (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.38 — 39,779 ratings — published 2024
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The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.85 — 10,989 ratings — published 1976
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Myth and maneater: The story of the shark Myth and maneater: The story of the shark (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.15 — 34 ratings — published
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Cat’s Cradle Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.15 — 431,090 ratings — published 1963
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.99 — 877,489 ratings — published 1961
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The World's Worst Disasters of the Twentieth Century The World's Worst Disasters of the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.28 — 29 ratings — published 1997
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.06 — 53,855 ratings — published 1962
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The Coming Global Superstorm The Coming Global Superstorm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.62 — 438 ratings — published 1999
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World Famous Catastrophes World Famous Catastrophes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 1992
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.82 — 4,995 ratings — published 1841
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The Anarchist Cookbook The Anarchist Cookbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.51 — 2,549 ratings — published 1971
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Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.91 — 126 ratings — published 2003
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Plague Species: is it in our genes? Plague Species: is it in our genes? (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 1999
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Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.13 — 728 ratings — published 2007
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Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,527 ratings — published 2001
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Bad Science Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.06 — 44,557 ratings — published 2008
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Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.72 — 5,211 ratings — published 1995
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World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.90 — 417 ratings — published 2011
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Manipulative Monkeys: The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal Manipulative Monkeys: The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.00 — 61 ratings — published 2008
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Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.03 — 66 ratings — published 2005
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Stupidity Stupidity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.90 — 93 ratings — published 2001
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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,934 ratings — published 2002
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Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,695 ratings — published 1962
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Homo, 99 and 44/100% nonsapiens Homo, 99 and 44/100% nonsapiens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.74 — 23 ratings — published 1985
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Ten Billion Ten Billion (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,640 ratings — published 2013
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Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 4.06 — 376 ratings — published 2006
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Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior (A Bradford Book) Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior (A Bradford Book)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.28 — 36 ratings — published 2006
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The Tyranny of Magical Thinking: The Child's World of Belief and Adult Neurosis The Tyranny of Magical Thinking: The Child's World of Belief and Adult Neurosis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 1982
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Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err is Human Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err is Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.38 — 276 ratings — published 2009
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The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as human-stupidity)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,007 ratings — published 1996
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Carlo M. Cipolla
“Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.”
Carlo M. Cipolla

Yuval Noah Harari
“One potential remedy for human stupidity is a dose of humility. National, religious and cultural tensions are made worse by the grandiose feeling that my nation, my religion and my culture are the most important in the world – hence my interests should come before the interests of anyone else, or of humankind as a whole. How can we make nations, religions and cultures a bit more realistic and modest about their true place in the world?”
Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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