Being wrong, adventures in the margin of error, Kathryn Schulz
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Being wrong, adventures in the margin of error, Kathryn Schulz
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-391) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Being wrong
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
609651971
Responsibility statement
Kathryn Schulz
Sub title
adventures in the margin of error
Summary
Journalist "explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships." She claims that "error is both a given and a gift -- one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and, most profoundly, ourselves."
Table Of Contents
The idea of error. Wrongology ; Two models of wrongness -- The origins of error. Our senses ; Our minds, part one: Knowing, not knowing, and making it up ; Our minds, part two: Belief ; Our minds, part three: Evidence ; Our society ; The allure of certainty -- The experience of error. Being wrong ; How wrong? ; Denial and acceptance ; Heartbreak ; Transformation -- Embracing error. The paradox of error ; The optimistic meta-induction from the history of everything
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