Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error

By Kathryn Schulz

Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Self-Help

Journalist Kathryn Schulz explores why we assume we are right about almost everything, and what happens when we discover we are wrong. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, history and personal stories, she looks at how errors arise from our senses, beliefs and memories, and why being wrong feels so bad. Schulz argues that accepting our fallibility can make us more creative, open-minded and humane.

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