Originally posted by SuzianneTo be sure, you can't stop anyone from continuing in error. However, you can convince the rest of the audience that it is they who have gone off in left field.
As I've been shown fairly graphically lately, people like to talk without quite knowing what they're talking about. The danger with this is that other people sometimes start thinking they're right and grant them 'expert' status when they are nowhere near this. Even when you show them the error of their ways, they never give in and admit they're wrong. It ...[text shortened]... kes a lot to convince some people.
Then again, maybe I just get crankier the older I get. 🙂
I have learned that it's me who needs to stop myself at a point. The human ego is a powerful force; we don't like to admit that we are wrong, particularly after having invested several posts over several days in defending a viewpoint. Once you stop expecting admissions of defeat, and start being content with having made good points that the opposition can't, or won't, answer, you will enjoy this forum a lot more.
Originally posted by SwissGambitGood awareness. Would also agree that learning in any realm requires occasional unlearning?
To be sure, you can't stop anyone from continuing in error. However, you can convince the rest of the audience that it is they who have gone off in left field.
I have learned that it's me who needs to stop myself at a point. The human ego is a powerful force; we don't like to admit that we are wrong, particularly after having invested several p ...[text shortened]... e good points that the opposition can't, or won't, answer, you will enjoy this forum a lot more.
