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100 1 _aSchulz, Kathryn.
245 1 0 _aBeing wrong :
_badventures in the margin of error /
_cKathryn Schulz.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bEcco,
_cc2010.
300 _aviii, 405 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [345]-391) and index.
505 0 _aThe idea of error. Wrongology ; Two models of wrongness -- The origins of error. Our senses ; Our minds, part one: Knowing, not knowing, and making it up ; Our minds, part two: Belief ; Our minds, part three: Evidence ; Our society ; The allure of certainty -- The experience of error. Being wrong ; How wrong? ; Denial and acceptance ; Heartbreak ; Transformation -- Embracing error. The paradox of error ; The optimistic meta-induction from the history of everything.
520 _aJournalist "explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships." She claims that "error is both a given and a gift -- one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and, most profoundly, ourselves."
650 0 _aError.
650 0 _aFallibility.
650 0 _aDecision making
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aPhilosophical anthropology.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010282589-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010282589-d.html
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