Other Wrongology (the science and study of being wrong)

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" - Richard Feynman

See also:

• http://youarenotsosmart.com/2013/05/23/survivorship-bias/ When failure becomes invisible, the difference between failure and success may also become invisible.
• http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/08/21/the-illusion-of-asymmetric-insight/ how people think they know more about others than they actually do, and why that leads to horrors.
• http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong.html 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
• http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception.html Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble.
• http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tim_harford.html Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes.
• http://www.ted.com/talks/diana_laufenberg_3_ways_to_teach.html Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching -- including a key insight about learning from mistakes.