Smarter than Everyone? How Our Brain Thinks and Makes Decisions

As is customary for authors of books about intelligence, Spanish university professor and laboratory researcher Manuel Martin-Loeches is not only intelligent and scientifically competent, but wise as well.
Thanks to his storytelling talents, we can grasp the complex structure of our brain — and understand how we have managed to advance further than all our relatives and evolutionary neighbors, from octopuses to Neanderthals.
However, after describing the phenomenally developed intelligence of Homo sapiens and convincing the reader that we are indeed the best, the author arrives at a paradoxical conclusion: by default, our brain is aimed at seeking pleasure, rather than searching for "truth" — and often so clever just to be able to deceive itself.
A sober, melancholic book that teaches us to take pride in our evolutionary success — and at the same time regret that the capacities of the mind are still not limitless: a brain aware of the inevitability of death tends to rely on various false narratives.
In the end, the reader can now make a conscious choice: in favor of pleasure — or truth. The professor does not indicate anything. He is wise, and the equipment is with him.