In “Evidence” by journalist Kathryn Schulz, Schulz investigates human cognition, inductive reasoning and largely why humans find it so rewarding to be correct and so infuriating to be mistaken and how this outlook toward inaccuracy affects us in everyday life. There is the quote, “ To err is human”, meaning, everyone makes mistakes. However, the majority of us travel through life assuming we are right about almost everything. The question is then, if being mistaken is a natural trait, why are people so bad as accepting and imagining their views could be wrong? Also, why are our reactions to error denial, surprise and shame? At the end, “Evidence” is a praise to human innovation in the ways humans create and change their beliefs about the world
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In Munro’s essay “Traveling through the Photograph”, Munro writes “ Your perception and belief originates from your experience in the world.” (1) In Traveling through the Photograph Munro talks about author Errol Morris’s idea that our knowledge of something is based on how it is encountered. This idea is quite similar to Schulz’s idea of inductive reasoning. Munro writes “ If you perceive that it is raining outside, then it must be true that it is raining.” (1) Munro’s essay takes an interest in the idea that someone's view on what's around them is created by the factors that they are exposed to. Our understanding is refined through our experience. Everything has a story behind it. But if we let our past evidence cloud our view on something new, we will never learn the story. Errol Morris uses the saying “ seeing is believing.” Unless you allowed yourself to move past your pre made notions and old experience, learning and experiencing new things will be hard, much the same way that Schulz’s ideas ask you can I own up to my mistakes so I can move forward in life? Can I open my mind to new things? Could I possibly be
In Munro’s essay “Traveling through the Photograph”, Munro writes “ Your perception and belief originates from your experience in the world.” (1) In Traveling through the Photograph Munro talks about author Errol Morris’s idea that our knowledge of something is based on how it is encountered. This idea is quite similar to Schulz’s idea of inductive reasoning. Munro writes “ If you perceive that it is raining outside, then it must be true that it is raining.” (1) Munro’s essay takes an interest in the idea that someone's view on what's around them is created by the factors that they are exposed to. Our understanding is refined through our experience. Everything has a story behind it. But if we let our past evidence cloud our view on something new, we will never learn the story. Errol Morris uses the saying “ seeing is believing.” Unless you allowed yourself to move past your pre made notions and old experience, learning and experiencing new things will be hard, much the same way that Schulz’s ideas ask you can I own up to my mistakes so I can move forward in life? Can I open my mind to new things? Could I possibly be