I received this book with high hopes from a GoodReads givaway a year ago. Try as I might I just couldn't get into it. I love the idea of talking about "Being Wrong" but the author just put to paper a string of often disjointed and incomprehenisble ramblings. Disappointingly the gems of stories she shares are lost and any point she attempts to make are beyond lost. This book could have been so much better with some clearly developed ideas supported by interesting and illuminating stories but it was just a plain mess. ( )

This book explores the psychology of being wrong. Schulz's thesis is that while being wrong can sometimes be bad, even tragic, our attitudes toward wrongness are more negative than they should be. Although being wrong can lead to problems from embarrassment to death, most instances of being wrong provide an opportunity for learning and growth. Being wrong, or at least the psychological pattern of being wrong, is the basis of much humor and art. Humor often works by setting up an expectation and then defying it. Art is often meaningful in so far as it brings to awareness the gap between what is represented and the representation. Being wrong, in short, is how we learn and how we find meaning in life.

Being Wrong does not have the scientific depth of my favorite books in the popular psychology genre, but it was still a good read, and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in how and why the mind gets things wrong. ( )

To be fair, I didn't get very far. I liked the premise and the introduction was clever, but there just wasn't enough to justify a book. Could have made a great, punchy article. ( )

Great topic and explanation.
150 Pages of documentation. ( )

Very good. The basic premise is that being wrong is not all that bad. Sometimes it is essential in one way or another. ( )