I recieved a complementary advance copy of this book from netgalley.com for review.

This book addresses misconceptions that the public holds about a wide range of different phenomena. I enjoyed its cross-cultural focus, which is often either neglected or treated in a marginal way in similar scientific writing.

The discussion of underlying scientific concepts is solid and consistent with the academic study of these principles, while still remaining accessible and readable.

I appreciate the inclusion of data throughout, to illustrate the author's points, but also as an example of data-driven decision making, at a meta level.

Informative and interesting for a novice, and enjoyable for an expert in the field, as well, as it covers domains that are unfamiliar to most of us.

This book is a collection of case studies regarding how we, as fallible human beings, often misunderstand or misinterpret data that is presented to us (in a variety of fashions), largely as a result of our psychology. I thought there were certainly interesting parts to this book, but it is not very memorable.

I learned a lot from this book, not only data/anecdata, but also just the reminder that it's good to question what you accept is true. I found myself picking up the book periodically, not reading straight through. If you are going to be seated next to your know-it-all uncle at Thanksgiving this year, read this book before you go. He'll be shocked to learn that the Great Wall of China is not actually visible from space. :)

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for a digital ARC!

Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything is a interesting read. It can be a bit dry in some spots, but it has some unique ideas.

This is an immensely interesting book steeped in research and anecdotal information. Cognitive bias and heuristics shape our perceptions much more than we are aware. Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything: A Theory of Human Misunderstanding is a thought-provoking book perfect for readers interested in what shapes societal misconceptions and popular beliefs.

Thank you to NetGalley for a Kindle AC of Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything.

This is a well researched, well written book about why and how people assume some facts to be true and vice versa how our perceptions are shaped by various factors including the age we live in, our biases, our personal fears and beliefs.

The writing is dry and stuffed full of facts and figures, which made reading this a bit difficult at times.

I was hoping for more context and exposition on certain topics like immigration and the rise of misinformation in our digital age.

I did appreciate how the author offers advice on how to correct our personal opinions and views of the world.

Our biases are not necessarily a bad thing, and we are capable of change. And, the world isn't such a terrible place to be, despite the current political climate.

I went in thinking this would be some new version of Freakonomics but it was not. This is not necessarily a bad thing as this was a decent read that often times got bogged down in numbers and away from the stories I wanted to hear about such as immigration, teen pregnancy and obesity. It reads likes a well written research paper to me.
Thank you Netgalley, Duffy, Perseus Books and Basic Books for the ARC for my honest review.