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_aBD171 _b.S3273 2010 |
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100 | 1 | _aSchulz, Kathryn | |
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_aBeing wrong _b: adventures in the margin of error _c/ Kathryn Schulz |
250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Ecco _c, c2010. |
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_aviii, 405 p. _b: ill. _c; 24 cm. |
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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 | |
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_aDecision making _x--Psychological aspects |
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650 | 0 | _aPhilosophical anthropology | |
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