Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error

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Portobello, 2011 - Philosophy - 405 pages
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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Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
Kathryn Schulz
No preview available - 2010

About the author (2011)

Kathryn Schulz has written for a number of US publications from Rolling Stone to the New York Times, on subjects as varied as right-wing film festivals to the impact of antidepressant use on Japanese culture. In 2004 she was awarded a Pew Fellowship in International Journalism.

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TitleBeing Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
AuthorKathryn Schulz
Edition2, illustrated, revised
PublisherPortobello, 2011
ISBN184627074X, 9781846270741
Length405 pages
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Philosophy / Epistemology
Philosophy / General
Philosophy / Movements / Humanism
Psychology / General
  
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