Wrong about being wrong. How do you avoid not finding out till it's too late?
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January 21st, 2010
Sometimes you think you’re wrong, you admit you’re wrong—but later you discover you are wrong about being wrong to begin with, you were actually right. But by then it’s too late, you are wrong for being wrong about being wrong. How do you avoid this silly recursive loop?
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You either get smarter and avoid getting into the loop, or you let it go and get out.
How to avoid something before it is too late… possibly call the psychic network?
Why would it ever be “too late”? Is this a life and death thing? I’m sure the other person realized you weren’t wrong whenever you realized you weren’t wrong. If they didn’t, well, at least you know you were right.
I drink. It happens all the time. You get used to it.
Validate your thoughts/responses/information . . . Google things right away.
I guess that’s what the saying “think before you act” is supposed to help with.
@YARNLADY Ha! I should have thought of that before I asked. :-)
Think and check the facts before you open your mouth. Don’t jump to conclusions even when others are pressuring you.
You have to believe that at all moments in your life you are trying your best to make the right decision given the current moment’s circumstances and facts – if you are to learn more later on, the only thing you can do is to make a different decision then but not berate yourself for the past.
@Simone_De_Beauvoir That’s what I apply to when I really AM wrong to begin with. I told you so works better for the times when I got convinced I was wrong, but later discovered that I was right to start with and wrong about being wrong.
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