Are you always right, or can you be proven to be wrong.
Can people actually concede to something and admit they were wrong or simply misinformed or just plain ignorant on the subject? Or is that a hard pill to swallow?
I'm posting this in this category since this has the greatest number of people seemingly cemented in their views one way or the other and the greatest debates seem to transpire here.
2007-05-26 12:56:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
And that's exactly the point abc...ditto me on that too.
2007-05-26 13:14:00 · update #1
And lordk...I'm not sure that's necessarily true...you know it's not the people at the top that make the difference...it's the ones at the bottom who can make that push felt all the way to the top...I would think this war is good proof of that.
2007-05-26 13:15:46 · update #2
But in response to the feelgood part and being unrealistic...no...anyone can change the world...you've seen Pay It Forward! In 100 years not one single person alive today will be here...so why wouldn't anything be possible.
2007-05-26 13:18:00 · update #3
RIGHT YOU ARE, Right! :~)
2007-05-26 13:18:58 · update #4
I love to be proven wrong! This is how we learn but there is not always a wrong and right. Most of the time there is some gray area and what is right to me may be wrong to you.
2007-05-26 13:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about problems such as engineering, math, or science related issues then people are open.
However, if you're talking about faith related issues, then a lot of people will fight tooth-and-nail that they are right, regardless of whether or not they are completely wrong.
Admitting that their faith is wrong means that their view of reality is wrong. This is often far too big a pill to swallow for people.
And faith doesn't necessarily mean religion. It can mean political beliefs or social beliefs as well.
Unfortunately, most of the people on this board follow their party based on their beliefs and there faiths. A typical symptom of this is immediately resorting to hatred laced diatribes (insults, derogatory remarks towards others, etc.).
I'm sure there was a time where politics where intellctually discussed. But it has been a long time since then.
~X~
2007-05-26 13:27:57 · answer #2 · answered by X 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people, yes, it is the most important thing to them, being right all the time. The kind of person I do everything in my power to avoid. Being right, can only be right for one person, yourself. Life is a big learning experience that never stops, we're all going to be wrong, what we do with that wrongness is what counts. Do we learn from being wrong, or do we keep repeating the same thing over and over and expect something different to happen? To me it's not about being right, it's about learning when I'm wrong and change.
2007-05-26 13:15:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Natural.... And it is also true that there are those that refuse to allow facts to get in the way of a feel good opinion. Or have unrealistic views on how the world actually operates.
2007-05-26 13:02:57 · answer #4 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh I agree, 100% I'm usually right, but not all the time. I always listen before I judge
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2007-05-26 18:21:19 · answer #5 · answered by chris j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always like to think of myself as right. but if i am proven wrong i will concede. what is the hardest to do, is to tell someone what they belive is wrong. not because they believe it, but because they were given false information.
2007-05-26 13:00:05 · answer #6 · answered by Kevy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Anyone with a beating pulse wants to be right.
2007-05-26 13:00:27 · answer #7 · answered by Liberal City 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I could be wrong, and I'm open to any correction on this answer.
2007-05-26 12:59:09 · answer #8 · answered by RICARDVS 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not when I have to make a left.
2007-05-26 12:59:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋