But What If We're Wrong?
Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
by Chuck Klosterman
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“But What If We're Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by @CKlosterman Wideranging meditation on how to think about the reality that we're probably wrong about most things we believe. Hard to read and not emerge humbled.”
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Science.
New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity How certain are we about our understanding of time What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today How seriously should we view the content of our dreams How...
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“But What If We're Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by @CKlosterman Wideranging meditation on how to think about the reality that we're probably wrong about most things we believe. Hard to read and not emerge humbled.”
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