On being wrong - Kathryn Schulz

2013-03-15

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Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we're wrong about that? "Wrongologist" Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility.

Talk by Kathryn Schulz.

Intro
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Chinese character
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The present tense
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This is a problem
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The feeling of being wrong
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The coyote analogy
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Were already wrong
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Error blindness
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The dumb kid
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Becoming perfect
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Getting something wrong
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Trusting wrong
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Feeling right
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Assumptions
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Our minds
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St Augustine
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Being wrong
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Krypto theme
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Our stories are like this
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Something else happened instead
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This is life
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rediscover Wonder
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