Why We're Wrong about Nearly Everything: A Theory of Human Misunderstanding (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781541618084)

A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside world
How often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the internet brings us unprecedented access to information, there's little evidence we're any better informed because of it.
We may blame cognitive bias or fake news, but neither tells the complete story. In Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything, Bobby Duffy draws on his research into public perception across more than forty countries, offering a sweeping account of the stubborn problem of human delusion: how society breeds it, why it will never go away, and what our misperceptions say about what we really believe.
We won't always know the facts, but they still matter. Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything is mandatory reading for anyone interested making humankind a little bit smarter.


Author: Bobby Duffy
ISBN-10: 1541618084
ISBN-13: 9781541618084
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 11/26/2019
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 10/07/2019
Choice 04/01/2020