If it is sweet to be right, then - let's not deny it - it is downright savory to point out that someone else is wrong. Kathryn Schulz denydownrightpoint Change image and share on social
Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly. It reminds us that we know we can do better. Kathryn Schulz badlyregretremind Change image and share on social
I can usually find my own way out of whatever dicey literary or linguistic situations I wander into, but I have to work much harder at the science. Kathryn Schulz diceyfindhard Change image and share on social
As a kid, I lived almost entirely inside books, and eventually the books started returning the favor. A lot of my internal world feels like an anthology, or a library. It's eclectic and disorganized, but I can browse in it, and that hugely shapes both what and how I write. Kathryn Schulz anthologybookbrowse share on social
The point isn't to live without any regrets. The point is to not hate ourselves for having them. Kathryn Schulz hatelivepoint Change image and share on social
If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It's called a lobotomy. Kathryn Schulz callfreelife Change image and share on social
The miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is. It's that you can see the world as it isn't. Kathryn Schulz mindmiracleworld Change image and share on social
Parading our own brilliance and exulting in other people's errors is not very nice. For that matter, even wanting to parade our own brilliance and exult in other people's errors is not very nice, although it is certainly very human. Kathryn Schulz brillianceerrorexult share on social
The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number. Kathryn Schulz essentiallykindmake Change image and share on social
We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know. Kathryn Schulz answerassertfact Change image and share on social
