Being wrong : adventures in the margin of error /
Schulz, Kathryn
Being wrong : adventures in the margin of error / Kathryn Schulz. - London Portobello 2010 - viii, 405 p. ; 24 cm. -pbk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781846270734 (hbk.) : 1846270731 9781846270734
Fallibility
Philosophy
128
Being wrong : adventures in the margin of error / Kathryn Schulz. - London Portobello 2010 - viii, 405 p. ; 24 cm. -pbk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781846270734 (hbk.) : 1846270731 9781846270734
Fallibility
Philosophy
128