1/ I have an extremely angry reaction when someone tells me that I'm factually wrong when I'm factually right. Like, not healthy hey-a-psychologist-could-prob-have-some-fun-with-this extreme. Dealing with a proofreader right now who has MULTIPLE times told me
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3/ as usage A - 9 - ii Some people stake their ego on their looks, or their social status, or their wealth, and having those called into question strikes at the core of their sense of self.
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4/ I think that I stake my ego on my fairness in considering arguments and researching things. Now, I absolutely make mistakes. All the time. And if you wanna correct me and say "no, Ben Franklin was NOT the 2nd US president" and provide a link, ok, cool.
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5/ I will update my priors and apologize. ...but if you tell me that I'm wrong when I'm right, it means (a) you did less work that I did (b) you confused "word X means Y" with "word X does NOT mean Z" (c) you looked for confirmation that your definition was correct >>>
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6/ ...when what you SHOULD have been looking for was confirmation that MY definition was correct / for evidence that your definition was wrong. This is an example of that human cognitive failure where people come up w theories and try to find evidence to prove them RIGHT
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7/ ...when the correct thing to do is to search out evidence that could theoretically prove your theory wrong (and the more pieces of data you find that fail to disprove your theory, the better your confidence in it can be).
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8/ but, back to how I'm an !@#-hole about all of this: if you challenge me and I'm wrong, I will blush a bit, but update priors, and take it as good intellectual debate ...but if you challenge me and I'm right, I got offended, as if my morality has been question which is dumb
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13/ absolutely I'm always up for a nuanced discussion re word CHOICE I just dislike being told that I'm WRONG https://twitter.com/poutinecurd/status/1367489176157970441 …
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