Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Maxine Anderson Gilbert explains why we seem

Gilbert explains why we seem to know so little about the hearts and minds of the people we are about to become

and his internal reflections and interactions with others reveal a man who loves being alive despite everyday injustices and loneliness

In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry

Several essays deal more specifically with radical critiques and appropriations of the picturesque in the nineteenth century

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Maxine Anderson Gilbert explains why we seemImagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different interviewers at the same firm make different decisions about indistinguishable job applicants or that when a company is handling customer complaints, the resolution depends on who happens to answer the phone. Now imagine