"A mirthful and wise diagnosis of what ails us: Schulz dances us through science, psychology, and literature in a sparkling history of (and ode to) human error." -- Publishers Weekly

"[A]n insightful and delightful discussion of the errors of our ways. . . . Schulz remains good company -- a warm, witty and welcome presence. . . . [S]he combines lucid prose with perfect comic timing. . . . Being Wrong is smart and lively." -- New York Times Book Review

"So, please take this advice: Read BEING WRONG, because it's the right thing to do." -- Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

"Kathryn Schulz's brilliant, spirited, and necessary inquiry into the essential humanity of error will leave you feeling intoxicatingly wrongheaded." -- Tom Vanderbilt, bestselling author of TRAFFIC

"[A]n unusual examination of the virtue and peril of being wrong and of all the ways we think we know things that just ain't so." -- Boston Globe

"Engrossing.... In the spirit of Blink and Predictably Irrational (but with a large helping of erudition)... Schulz writes with such lucidity and wit that her philosophical enquiry becomes a page-turner." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Kathryn Schulz has given us a brilliant and remarkably upbeat account of the long history of human error. If Being Wrong is this smart and illuminating, I don't want to be right!" -- Steven Johnson, bestselling author of THE GHOST MAP and EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD FOR YOU

"Kathryn Schultz is engaging, witty and fascinating as she uses a full arsenal of academic research, colorful stories, philosophical arguments and personal anecdotes to create a riveting account of why we, mostly, have been wrong about being wrong." -- Frans Johansson, author of THE MEDICI EFFECT

"Both wise and clever, full o