The Alteration Of Evidence In Being Wrong By Kathryn Schulz

Beliefs are constructed by our surrenders, events and teachings. But, the beliefs are based in what we want, and what the instincts feels is right. That is how we gather evidence, by our beliefs we decide what evidence to get and put on our mind, and that is how we ended making conclusions. We make conclusion every day all day, we come to conclusions before making a decision, and specially, when we try to prove a point. Every conclusion we make is not randomly done, or carefully thought, but is a natural human thing, our brain gets the evidence that more comfortably makes it or us feel good. It sound weird, right? You are probably are wondering, how can we choose what evidence to get, if to make a conclusion you see the right and the wrong. Well, in the book, “Being Wrong,” Kathryn Schulz the author, explain how we altered what evidence to get, and she does not only explain the alteration of evidence, but she …show more content…
It can help see the world and the people differently, and as I said, it can lead us to being right. But for that, first we need to learned how to prove us wrong. To prove ourselves wrong is by going against our beliefs. Schulz says “We cannot function without our beliefs, they tell us where we at, who we are, and what to do next.” Most of our lives are based in what we believe is correct, and to prove ourselves wrong it does not meant that we have to prove our beliefs wrong neither have to change them. But, we can look at the other options,other beliefs and opinions. We need to look at evidence that goes against what we believe. Question your evidence, dont ask why you are right, ask am I wrong because of blank? We cannot go against our human instinct on collecting evidence that facilitates the option of feeling right, but we can question the evidence that we collect by instinct. We can challenge ourselves to prove us wrong instead of someone else doing