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Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error

By Kathryn Schulz

Book information

Publisher
Ecco
Year
2010
ISBN
0061176044, 9780061176043
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
943 kB (965449 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
416\0
Time added
2013-12-25 03:57:38

Description

“Both wise and clever, full of fun and surprise about a topic so central to our lives that we almost never even think about it.”—Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New PlanetIn the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and Predictably Irrational comes Being Wrong, an illuminating exploration of what it means to be in error, and why homo sapiens tend to tacitly assume (or loudly insist) that they are right about most everything. Kathryn Schulz, editor of Grist magazine, argues that error is the fundamental human condition and should be celebrated as such. Guiding the reader through the history and psychology of error, from Socrates to Alan Greenspan, Being Wrong will change the way you perceive screw-ups, both of the mammoth and daily variety, forever.

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