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How often do you reckon you're wrong? How often do you admit you're mistaken?
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| Lira |
It's not always easy to come to grips with the fact that we're "wrong". Because we are fallible individuals with limited cognitive skills, it's just a matter of time before we say/do something that doesn't quite work as intended: either because something is not based on a very good conception of the world (we may have ignored something because we paid attention to something else, or may not have had the necessary exposure to some fundamental piece of information), or because our reasoning was flawed at some point. It's no big deal: To err is human, right?
Well, for some reason, we seem to overlook these quirks and criticise mistakes harshly. Before ethnocentric replies pop up, this is hardly something we inherited from an over-intellectualised European culture: In Japanese, the word "baka" means stupid and, when written in ideograms, it's made up of the not-really-actual words "horse" and "deer", implying that a stupid person wouldn't be able to tell these animals apart (i.e. they'd be plain wrong), where as in Greek, "idiotes" was just a layman/someone unskilled, and "stupid" in Latin originally meant "stunned". Looking back, saying you're a stunned layman is quite different from being a stupid idiot, but the language changed according to our judgement (probably, they used other words back then to say someone was a "stupid idiot", we're not any harsher now). So it's not hard to understand why we'd want therefore, to avoid making mistakes, is it?
But, how do you deal with your own mistakes? Do you avoid them at all costs, or are you more realistic? Are you quick to say "my mistake", or do you not acknowledge publicly your missteps?
This is a thread about erras, discuss. |
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| Rodrico |
| Oh that's easy, never! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Rodrico
Oh that's easy, never! |
Well, why? You can't get it right all the time, can you? ;) |
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| KilldaDJ |
boils down to ignorance doesnt it?
for example: im wrong and i dont give a . |
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| Sushipunk |
I admit I'm wrong regularly. Because I'm wrong, regularly.
I'm never wrong online though. Always right.
Right? |
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| Pjotr G |
| Oh of course I'm wrong from time to time. I don't see that as a flaw, as long as I have made the best conclusion/decision with the information I have at a given time. It's only afterwards that it turns out wrong or right, that doesn't make the choice the stupid one. |
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| kadomony |
| i apologize but never say i'm sorry. |
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| Theresa |
| I used to HATE admitting I was wrong, but as I have gotten older, and as a way of doing better in relationships in general, I am now way more likely to admit it. Sometimes I will say "no, you're right, you're right" as a way of admitting I am wrong without actually saying it... haha! |
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| Ian |
| Theresa. Saying "you're right" isn't even an admission of being wrong, just not of being right :D |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
Theresa. Saying "you're right" isn't even an admission of being wrong, just not of being right :D |
LOL! Well... it's implied. If someone else is right and I was arguing against them or something, then it means I was wrong. |
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| -FSP- |
I always think I'm wrong or assume I'm wrong. It's just safer that way. That's not to say I do lean towards one way in some issues, but I'm really a bad judge of myself. I think the result of this is that I try to get answers or solutions that are air tight, but like I said I am a bad judge of myself.
Ever see American Idol (or your respective country's version of idol) and ask yourselves "did he actually think he was good enough to make it to the finals or audition?" the thing is I don't want to end up like that. Someone had to tell them that they can't sing at all. Knowing you are wrong will make sure you won't end up like them.
Let's look at another example in sports. Teams need to address their problems or they'll never get good. I want to address my faults so i can just get better but again i am a bad judge of myself.
That's why I prefer criticism rather than praise too. |
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| Pjotr G |
| quote: | Originally posted by -FSP-
I always think I'm wrong or assume I'm wrong. It's just safer that way. That's not to say I do lean towards one way in some issues, but I'm really a bad judge of myself. I think the result of this is that I try to get answers or solutions that are air tight, but like I said I am a bad judge of myself.
Ever see American Idol (or your respective country's version of idol) and ask yourselves "did he actually think he was good enough to make it to the finals or audition?" the thing is I don't want to end up like that. Someone had to tell them that they can't sing at all. Knowing you are wrong will make sure you won't end up like them.
Let's look at another example in sports. Teams need to address their problems or they'll never get good. I want to address my faults so i can just get better but again i am a bad judge of myself.
That's why I prefer criticism rather than praise too. |
There's a flipside to this of course. While it is good to be critical toward your flaws, it is also helpful to recognise your strengths. This allows you to use them, as other people are flawed too. |
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