"An illuminating look at the surprising upside of ambiguity. In Nonsense, Jamie Holmes shows how we react to ambiguous situations and how we can do it better. Over the last few years, new insights from social psychology and cognitive science have deepened our understanding of the role of ambiguity in our lives and Holmes brings this research together for the first time, showing how we can use uncertainty to our advantage. In an increasingly unpredictable, complex world, it turns out that what matters most isn't IQ, willpower, or confidence in what we know. It's how we deal with what we don't understand"--,Provided by publisher.