I feel like this is false for a majority of people. However, you can't admit you're wrong about one thing in today's society.
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If you do, everything you've ever done is suddenly false or wrong to idiots who don't listen to facts.
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Excellent point. The second a politician changes their mind in light of new info, they're labeled a flip flopper.
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Rather than just somebody who can adjust when new evidence some to light, without ego. But too often it is all about ego. A shame
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One of the factors is people not knowing enough to know what they don't know and to know they there is always more to learn.
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The more ignorant a person is the easier it is for that person to think they know everything and to not know they need to know more
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Anyone with a functioning brain willing to use it understand and accept facts. It's called thinking..some say the scientific method.
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Obviously didn't read the article...
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Don't know you, and yet you tweet this? Please, it sounds a lot like the interview Tavis Smiley did with a neuroscientist.. but I digress.
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Ppl don't like the idea they're wrong.
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People like when they're right and only see themselves as right. People need to see themselves as right. EVERY person in the world does.
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That's not a problem. The problem is that they do it so much so that it becomes a bruise should they ever be wrong.
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And yet, facts change the minds of quality improvement practitioners, healthcare providers, and scientists every day.
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I make it a point to regularly concede and acknowledge when I'm wrong. It used to be a point of embarrassment and anxiety: now I use it to
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reposition myself and coax people into the same. You can't expect them to, and leading by example can get you accused of being flip-floppy
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or not sticking to your guns, but firm, gentle, consistent pressure has won me friends and allies and various sides of debates.
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on* One of my recent successes, a GOP supporter here on Twitter went from screaming insults at me to offering to be an ally if someone else
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does the same. Kindness, a willingness to concede when you're wrong and not gloat when you're right get you a lot further than conceit.
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