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You don't need to go as far as "I'm wrong and someone else is right". It's enough if you admit that "while I am sure I am right, many smart people before claime
by smsm42 4y ago
You don't need to go as far as "I'm wrong and someone else is right". It's enough if you admit that "while I am sure I am right, many smart people before claimed that, and some of them turned out to be wrong. Knowing that, I will sacrifice some of the perceived efficiency and agree to admit the chance I might be wrong, and so allocate costs and effort to be spent on the case when I'm wrong, even if I am currently convinced that these costs and effort will be wasted". This goes against the technocratic instinct of optimizing everything, but one has to remember about "premature optimization is the root of all evil".
- trinsic2 4y agoIt's my understanding that engaging from the ego mindset "I'm right and everyone else is wrong" operates at an unconscious level when feeling threatened by a viewpoint, which has its roots in "If im wrong, then I don't exist, or Ill die". So when a individual has a strong ego investment in a position, its not really about what kind of view you are coming from on a conscious level because the unconscious mind drives this part. If i am understanding you correctly, I'm guessing you think that all people should be fair and just in their actions. The fact remains that we have this part of ourselves that can short circuit that kind of reasoning and it does drive much of our destructive behavior as a human species. IMHO Its going to take awhile for the human species to evolve out of that.