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Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz
5.0
Excellent popular nonfiction exploration about errors, mistakes and false beliefs
This thorough, thoughtful accessible essay explores the human experience of being wrong and making mistakes, as well as what has been written about it in the past. The author, a former journalist includes philosophy, developmental psychology and Neurology, poetry, optical illusions, mirages and magic tricks, conversion experiences, disproven prophecies and risk mitigation in medicine and aviation, as well as love and divorce. I learned a lot, and I now see this book as one of the truly valuable nonfiction books I have read. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more or think more deeply about what it means to be human. The book is fully footnoted and has an index. I will look for other books by this author.
This thorough, thoughtful accessible essay explores the human experience of being wrong and making mistakes, as well as what has been written about it in the past. The author, a former journalist includes philosophy, developmental psychology and Neurology, poetry, optical illusions, mirages and magic tricks, conversion experiences, disproven prophecies and risk mitigation in medicine and aviation, as well as love and divorce. I learned a lot, and I now see this book as one of the truly valuable nonfiction books I have read. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more or think more deeply about what it means to be human. The book is fully footnoted and has an index. I will look for other books by this author.