Disappointing

I’m not sure how this book received reviews about being insightful, thought provoking, or even interesting.

I can’t think of one thing that was novel or useful. Did you know fandom sometimes goes too far? Did you realize dogmatic ideology can make you blind to alternative viewpoints? Well, they do and it can. But this book will not discuss the evolutionary causes for this behavior nor the neurological bases nor even how to avoid the trappings. But it will often list out celebrities that have had eye appointments with the author.

Don’t waste that precious monthly credit on this.

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Let me save you some time.

Do you believe that Al Gore is the sole arbiter of environmentalism and not just some political puppet? Are you a liberal cuckold who hates beards? congratulations, you have very high PC- excuse me, "PI" which stands for "perceptual intelligence."

Want your kids to look like you or to grow up in the same culture as yourself? well, you're the devil. You have small 'PI', my friend. You should become 'secure' in yourself and let everyone take advantage of you and your family. Assume the position. Weakness is strength. 2+2=5.

This book is pretty much what you would expect from a guy who tried to take his wife's name. He manages to have the most dense, unimaginative take on virtually every topic, most of which have no common thread. it's all over the place and skims the surface of each at best.

He even name drops Ingo Swann, but doesn't bother to document or cite the research of Dr. Michael Persinger. Why? because this is a book that was meant to inflate the author's ego at cocktail parties. if you didn't catch that he's a very important eye doctor (he mentions that as well as his celebrity clientele relentlessly over the reading), you will by the end. The Dunning Kruger effect is strong here.

if you want to read a much better book that will actually educate you about cognitive bias rather than succumbing to it, check out "Mastermind" by Maria Konnikova. she's highly skeptical, but on point.

if you want to read about more spiritual matters, read Ingo Swann for yourself. his books are on here. "Psychic literacy" is a phenomenal listen. Robert A. Monroe's books are on here. Joseph Mcmonagle's autobiography is on here as well, and much more interesting than anything you'll read here.

I know my review seems harsh, but the author's views warrant this response. i know he thinks this book is his baby, but it's actually a turd and not too well polished.

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3 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Outstanding

From the very beginning, this book had my attention. I very much enjoyed the authors voice and sense of humor. Laughing out loud was an unexpected experience while reading a book like this.
The stories of PI helped me to understand how I am perceiving the world around me. I saw clearly how I could sometimes have a high PI while in other situations, my PI could drop substantially.
After reading this, I realize that I can improve my PI when needed which can improve my life greatly.
This was a fantastic book and I look forward to the authors next book

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Disappointingly dry

I am three hours into the book and I’m still not exactly sure what does the author is trying to relay the similarities between the mind of a person with a near death experience or a professional athlete in regards to every day activities and how to alter human behavior. I like some points in the book however every time I think I’m about to learn something g pivotal we move to another example unrelated to the previous point and a long drawn out explanation on how it is related to perceptual intelligence.

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2 persone l'hanno trovata utile

psychology

a self help book more than it is about neuroscience, which is what I was seeking

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Interesting subject

I didn't not usually choose a book before reading on the author, and in this case the title grabbed me. I guess I had low Perceptual Intelligence in this case.

Well written book, but was lacking in scientific rigour if it was suppose to be a scientific book. The author is not well known and probably not a specialist in this subject.

It was however quite engaging and funny, but read mostly as a self help book, something I don't subscribe to.

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book is ok political bias a little annoying

if you can step over the at times political bias than this is an excellent guide to the topic

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Feels like medical ad

It feels like I’m listening to an ad for a medication when I listen to him. It’s not only the voice, but also the way it’s written

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Strong start but weak finish

While the overall premise of this book and the idea of being situationally aware and having perceptual intelligence is valuable, the incessant puns and jocular narration of this book made it unbearable. I have never gotten that far into a book and cringed so many times. I had to shut it off.

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If you have ever, in your life,

If you have ever, in your life, picked up a book about the brain, for however long, no matter if you even opened it up for a single second, then you already know too much to squeeze any usefulness out of this book. Every chapter eagerly describes a “puzzling” scenario, the reader’s tone of voice clueing me into the fact that I am meant to be simply riveted. Unfortunately though, or actually fortunately, time has rendered the stories to be mostly scientific inaccuracies, and other times they point to what’s now common knowledge. Still the amazed excitable reader presents us which scenarios, one after the other where the subject is meant to represents a scientific miracle of some kind , “a blind person who developes hallucinations but is not crazy!” , yes of course she does! “Imagine the whole world is nothing more than an hallucination!!!” Ok, I mean it is “YOU COUDNT PROVE IT ISNT!” Right mate sure. “A wild lion is staking you in the woods you’re all alone and it’s getting closer. SUDDENLY the lion leaps at your face and .... it was just a bag of leaves , but you were scared! You thought it was a lion! It was leaves the whole time! Neuroscience!” ummmm wait what? “The Matrix was written by really cool brothers!” Ohhhh ok I see the problem now

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