"A fascinating, empathetic book"-Wall Street Journal
Humans are born to create theories about the world--unfortunately, they're usually wrong, and keep us from understanding the world as it really is.
Why do we catch colds? What causes seasons to change? And if you fire a bullet from a gun and drop one from your hand, which bullet hits the ground first? In a pinch we almost always get these questions wrong. Worse, we regularly misconstrue fundamental qualities of the world around us. In Scienceblind, cognitive and developmental psychologist Andrew Shtulman...