"Two wrongs don't make a right" is what im referring to.
2006-11-18 18:40:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Accidentally turning left three times would be the equivolent of turning right, so, It takes three licks to get to the center. (Wait, that's a different question.)
2006-11-18 18:43:07 · answer #1 · answered by mctfelton 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2
2006-11-19 02:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by Medic 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No number, except by sheer accident.
More often, the error realised and shied away from becomes the basis for a new one.
"Like a drunk on a horse: having fallen off once upon the left, he takes great pains, and as a result, the next time he falls of upon the right."
(attributed to Martin Luther)
Or perhaps enough errors can, just, lead to truth through sheer trial and, well, error.
"The United States can always be counted upon to do the right thing - after all the other possibilities have been exhausted." (variations, and no definitive source)
2006-11-19 05:58:00 · answer #3 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you look at it through the 'learning theory' it seems even more simple than before. (Behaviorism...) You have to condition the 'wrong' thing to be right.
For example:
One of the forefathers of behaviorism, John B. Watson, conditioned an 11 month old boy (Albert) to be afraid of ANYTHING white and fluffy.
(Little Albert Experiment)
He did this by producing a white rat, then emmitting a loud sound as Albert played with the rat. Eventually Albert assosiated the rat and anything white and fluffy (stimulus generalization, --seeing similarities in stimulus and exibiting the same reaction). That being stated Albert was afraid of white rats, white fluffy rabbits, white fluffy dogs, white fluffy beards (santa clause?).
*more*
There are more than one ways to define being right in psychology.
"good" can be the fallowing:
'Taking Away Something Negative', as well as 'Giving something positive' for reinforcers, and the same for negative reinforcers, that being 'taking away something positive' and 'giving something negative'.
2006-11-19 02:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by Jshoffyman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a conflict, which usually involves mutual grievances by both parties, I find it takes letting go or forgiving an equal amount of wrong on both sides before the situation can be made right.
2006-11-19 03:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As many wrongs as it takes for the wrongs to become accepted as normal and customary practice in the general population, after which the wrongs become right.
2006-11-19 02:43:33 · answer #6 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
As many wrongs as it takes to reverse the earlier wrongs, just to bring the situation to "status quo" if possible, and with any luck to also improve upon it....!
2006-11-19 04:59:47 · answer #7 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chuck Norris can make two wrongs equal a right, but he's never wrong
2006-11-19 04:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by daniel g 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no number at which wrong turns to right, you just become more wrong event y event.
2006-11-19 02:53:53 · answer #9 · answered by Fred C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer would be one, two is just over kill. But you know the one that always drives me crazy? "An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind" NO IT DOESN'T!!! It leaves everybody with one eye and no depth perception so you can't even take the second eye!!!!!
2006-11-19 02:50:18 · answer #10 · answered by Candi H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋