Why you are never right (Swiss Press Text 2022, by Reto Schneider)

Why you are never right

NZZ Folio

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2022

Reto Schneider

The origin of this text was the question: Why don't we all agree? Most people would probably claim that their opinions are based on a sober assessment of facts. But unlike in the past, today everyone has access to the same facts. So how is it possible that a sober analysis of the same facts can lead to so many different opinions?

Author

Reto Schneider / Swiss Press Award

Reto Schneider

Journalist, Zürich, 1963

Elektroingenieur ETH, Ringier-Journalistenschule, freier Journalist, Ressortleiter Wissen bei Facts, Knight Science Journalism Fellow am MIT, stv. Chefredaktor von NZZ-Folio.

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