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Freedom requires the right to be mistaken.
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Live with, and keep looking for, wrongness in all its strange and evasive omnipresence
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
December 30
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Crave something, acquire it, regret it.
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We are more than we know ourselves to be - so, exceed your boundaries
Crave something, acquire it, regret it.
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We are more than we know ourselves to be - so, exceed your boundaries
December 29
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Move away from decree and toward inquiry.
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We are more inclined to listen if we have doubt
Move away from decree and toward inquiry.
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We are more inclined to listen if we have doubt
December 28
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Hold convictions, but jettison the barricade of certainty.
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We are quasi-rational thinkers burdened with ego, hope, stubbornness, loathing and loyalty
Hold convictions, but jettison the barricade of certainty.
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We are quasi-rational thinkers burdened with ego, hope, stubbornness, loathing and loyalty
December 27
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Part of elder wisdom is knowing we don't know it all, that we will screw up, misjudge, and over/under estimate again (and again).
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There is no desire to return to servile conformism once it is abandoned, since a requisite for being a servile conformist is that we do not know ourselves to be one
Part of elder wisdom is knowing we don't know it all, that we will screw up, misjudge, and over/under estimate again (and again).
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There is no desire to return to servile conformism once it is abandoned, since a requisite for being a servile conformist is that we do not know ourselves to be one
December 26
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Our commitment to an idea is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of it.
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We are absolutely right about something right up to the moment we change our minds and are absolutely right about something new and different
Our commitment to an idea is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of it.
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We are absolutely right about something right up to the moment we change our minds and are absolutely right about something new and different
December 25
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There is no Santa Claus
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...and no heaven nor answer to prayer, either. Sorry
There is no Santa Claus
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...and no heaven nor answer to prayer, either. Sorry
December 24
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One of the quickest ways to discover you are wrong is to tell others what you think.
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The fool does not query, does not speak out, does not investigate and closes his eyes
One of the quickest ways to discover you are wrong is to tell others what you think.
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The fool does not query, does not speak out, does not investigate and closes his eyes
December 23
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There is no certainty - only people who are certain.
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Beware disproportionate exposure to support, underexposure to opposition, tendency to discount opposition and suppression of doubt
There is no certainty - only people who are certain.
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Beware disproportionate exposure to support, underexposure to opposition, tendency to discount opposition and suppression of doubt
December 22
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Remember - some of your present beliefs will turn out to be grievously wrong in the future.
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No one plans to be wrong, make a mistake or be on the wrong side
Remember - some of your present beliefs will turn out to be grievously wrong in the future.
Patch
No one plans to be wrong, make a mistake or be on the wrong side
December 21
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Certainty and zealotry are not far apart.
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Certainty sometimes is only being wrong at the top of your voice
Certainty and zealotry are not far apart.
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Certainty sometimes is only being wrong at the top of your voice
December 20
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Be alive to complexity and contradiction - and troubled by the possibility of error.
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Doubt requires the emotional capability to tolerate uncertainty
Be alive to complexity and contradiction - and troubled by the possibility of error.
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Doubt requires the emotional capability to tolerate uncertainty
December 19
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Most beliefs are based on very thin evidence.
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Evidence comes with political, social and moral attachments
Most beliefs are based on very thin evidence.
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Evidence comes with political, social and moral attachments
December 18
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When I say I know something, I infer I am not wrong.
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I prefer to "know", rather than "merely believe"
When I say I know something, I infer I am not wrong.
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I prefer to "know", rather than "merely believe"
December 17
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People are usually willing to decide on a best guess based on what they already know - and will not seek additional data or counter-evidence.
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We tend not to rely on logic, but are willing to accept what is merely probable
People are usually willing to decide on a best guess based on what they already know - and will not seek additional data or counter-evidence.
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We tend not to rely on logic, but are willing to accept what is merely probable
December 15
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Give due diligence to both evidence and counter-evidence and avoid preconceived notions.
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We look into our hearts and see only objectivity
We look into minds and see only rationality
We look into our beliefs and see only reality
- beware
Give due diligence to both evidence and counter-evidence and avoid preconceived notions.
Patch
We look into our hearts and see only objectivity
We look into minds and see only rationality
We look into our beliefs and see only reality
- beware
December 13
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We have lots of false memories.
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"I do not know" is often the most intelligent answer
We have lots of false memories.
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"I do not know" is often the most intelligent answer
December 10
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We toss around knowledge with profligate enthusiasm and enjoy the feeling of knowing. But beware, any knowledge can fail us.
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Knowledge sometimes is merely belief with credentials
We toss around knowledge with profligate enthusiasm and enjoy the feeling of knowing. But beware, any knowledge can fail us.
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Knowledge sometimes is merely belief with credentials
December 09
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We are bad at recognizing what we do not know.
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The feeling of knowing fills us with a conviction of rightness - whether we are right or wrong. Instead, rely on verifiable evidence
We are bad at recognizing what we do not know.
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The feeling of knowing fills us with a conviction of rightness - whether we are right or wrong. Instead, rely on verifiable evidence
December 07
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We are too prone to assume our minds directly reflect reality.
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Create a category called "Mistakes I have made"
We are too prone to assume our minds directly reflect reality.
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Create a category called "Mistakes I have made"
December 06
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Right / wrong applies to facts, but not to preferences and opinions.
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You can choose to always be right - or you can choose to be in a good relationship
Right / wrong applies to facts, but not to preferences and opinions.
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You can choose to always be right - or you can choose to be in a good relationship
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