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> It really is too bad that we are hardwired to suck at being corrected. Why do you think that? Speak for yourself. The foundation of human society is transmi
by danharaj 11y ago
> It really is too bad that we are hardwired to suck at being corrected.
Why do you think that? Speak for yourself.
The foundation of human society is transmission of knowledge and skills. We spend a great deal of our time learning from others, which involves correction based on observation of others as well as instruction from others.
When people are receptive to being corrected, they are very good at being corrected. When they resist being corrected, they are very bad at it. Why do they resist? Probably because we often find ourselves in social situations where accepting criticism from others is considered submissive and a penalty to social standing.
People who consider each other equals tend to be very receptive to mutual correction.
People who are vying to be the dominant one in a relationship are very hostile towards being corrected.
- jschwartzi 11y agoThere's another reason to resist being corrected: your colleagues are in the middle of having a knee-jerk reaction to something you did for good reason, and they can't explain why they don't like it in this instance, only in general.
- danharaj 11y agoAh yes, when the person being corrected corrects the person correcting them :)
- hashkb 11y agoIf you disagree with my statement, aren't you also saying you don't believe in confirmation bias? It's more or less proven that we behave this way (seek out information that supports our beliefs, discard/adjust information that doesn't.) Why do you think that? I don't, actually; I think I'm awesome at being corrected and just happen to be right most of the time. Fortunately I'm often able to catch my biased, subconscious reactions before I say anything.