Wooden-Headedness "The leader of the Iraqi regime says his land is clear of nuclear weapons. He's got them. And we're going to find them." These words of President George W. Bush encompass Barbara Tuchmann's definition of wooden-headedness. Being biased, ignorant, stubborn and making situations fit to preconceived notions is the behavior of such people. These characteristics were prevalent before and will always be. Take the very recent example of the perception of Marshall Mathers, commonly …
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…be deflected by the facts." Our own President who "plays a remarkably large role in government" is wooden-headed and is the model of "self-deception." Wooden-headedness is prevalent in the culture of the world and has been. It is inherent in human nature and is extremely difficult to control. Encompassing our government, pop culture and literature, it is totally true that "wooden-headedness plays a remarkably large role in all organizations and, indeed, in all human affairs."