Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. Kathryn Schulz (Revised)

Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. Kathryn Schulz (Revised)

By Kathryn Schulz

Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet, we go through life tacitly assuming that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to the merits of our favourite team. This book looks at why this conviction has such a powerful grip on us.

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Book Information

Publisher: Portobello Books
Publish Date: 06/01/2011
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781846270741
ISBN-10: 184627074X
Language: English

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Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet, we go through life tacitly assuming that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to the merits of our favourite team. This book looks at why this conviction has such a powerful grip on us.

About the Author

Kathryn Schulz is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Being Wrong. She won a National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize for "The Really Big One," her article about seismic risk in the Pacific Northwest.

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