Surrounded By Idiots

Peter and Michael discuss "Surrounded by Idiots," a book that dares to ask: Can the mystery of human relationships be unraveled by a workplace personality assessment?
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• One of Sweden's biggest scientific bluffs (vof.se/blogg/one-of-swedens-biggest-scientific…)
• Pseudoscience and the Claim of Practical Utility: The Case of Thomas Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/theo.70076)
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