Thing is, it happens to all of us (I am no exception). It is commonplace to be mistaken, but rare indeed that people will own up to their errors
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See, my problem is that everyone thinks that they tick most of the boxes on that list. No one thinks that they're too certain, or ignoring human health, or unkind We're all the heroes of our own story
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But being honest about the facts? That is a simple gauge of how interested a person is in making a difference
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And those who were completely wrong and still won’t admit to that during this whole pandemic well they are beyond terrible
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I’ve certainly been wrong, but not always.
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Hahaha I'd forgotten that conversation. I actually still think I had a point, although I would concede that as far as public policy goes I was probably a bit off
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Re: "If I'm really honest, there is only one characteristic that I've deeply admired during the pandemic, and that is simple: - Those who can admit when they got something wrong" Yup. I don't care how nice u are. Be right, or admit when you're wrong https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1173085802127142913 …pic.twitter.com/KbbaL4UQ7Z
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Because in my experience, a lot of the people who place an emphasis on "cordiality" and "tone", use it as a cover for avoiding admitting they're wrong, peddling nonsense, avoiding criticism of what they say, etc. And the sealions are bad as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning pic.twitter.com/9DGTO7SzAO
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By their avoidance of discussing the science shall ye know them. Norms, tone, silencing, politicisation, etc.
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Just as you should write every email imagining defending it in court, you should write every paper imagining that you will be debating it on Twitter with
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