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8/20/10: Being Wrong

photo: Scott Webb/Creative Commons via flickr
photo: Scott Webb/Creative Commons via flickr

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce

Salt Lake City, Utah – We all know that to err is human; that is, making mistakes is an inherent, even essential, part of what it means to be human. So why, then, do we hate admitting that we've slipped up and more often than not insist that we're right? Friday, Kathryn Schulz joins guest host Jennifer Napier-Pearce to explore our aversion to error and what we can learn from being wrong.

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