What Does It Take For You To Admit You're Wrong?

[TN_Vixen]

I'll admit, most of the time I believe I'm right. Ok, alright, pretty much all of the time I believe it. Of course I'm willing to listen to those who believe they have a valid point in whatever argument or discussion I throw out, but it's only a front, I still 3/4ths of the time believe my opinon was correct.

hehe.

Have you ever felt yourself to be in the "right" in a situation and backed your position up with regards to posts on this board only to find that the majority of posters beat you down?

Did that cause you to re-evaluate your position or did it simply cause you to want to bitch-slap the antagonist? C'mon, it's all fair play.

 

[TN_Vixen]

good Goddamn

I thought y'all loved me? Why won't someone alert me to falling into the "Sparky" black hole of ill-fashioned logic?

sheesh, and I counted on you all for guidance!

 

[scylis]

undeniable proof. unless i get that, i'm right.

 

[Liontamr]

Doesn't take much for me to admit I'm wrong.

Hey, when I'm wrong, i'm wrong. It's how people react to me being wrong that intruges me. Based on how they act will in turn affect how sorry I am for being wrong.

 

[freescorfr]

Differences of opinion are the most interesting thing in life. It's through meeting someone who is not like us that we grown and create - look at sex. So all these differences of opinion on Lit are just a way of fucking.

If you don't accept that the other person is different, and welcome it, that's fighting. Fighting for fun is fine and can be fucking good, especially while fucking. Real fighting is no fucking good and I prefer fucking.

 

[VanB]

2 Rules

Rule 1 - I am always right

Rule 2 - In the unlikely event that I am wrong refer to rule 1










Joking

 

[TN_Vixen]

hmmm, I'm of two different opinons about this subject

I believe in integrity, in value and in respect.

 

[mig]

What does it take to admit I'm wrong

Torture.

 

[AusTess]

I'm never wrong.



I'm surrounded by people who ARE wrong.


Morons,most of em.

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

the world to end...

and then i'm still right

 

[riff]

not much most of the time. have a drink on me.

 

[naudiz]

Okay, okay! I admit it. I'm wrong. What about? Eh, take your pick. I'm easy.

 

[TWB]

1. Being wrong
2. Having a little common sense to realize I am wrong


After that it is easy, but I think the second is harder to acheive than the first.

 

[Marxist]

I don't care what any of you hockey playing White boys say, Wille Mays was a better player than Mantle. Period. End of discussion. Finito.

...oh shit, wrong thread.

 

[lovetoread]

If I am wrong I admit it.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

I'm pretty much a relativist on those "right" and "wrong" questions. As I posted on another thread recently, I try to live by these words from a Don DeLillo novel:

"Life is sheer ambiguity. Anybody who doesn't understand that is either an asshole or a fascist."

 

[BustyTheClown]

I'm pretty much a relativist on those "right" and "wrong" questions. As I posted on another thread recently, I try to live by these words from a Don DeLillo novel:

"Life is sheer ambiguity. Anybody who doesn't understand that is either an asshole or a fascist."

Lol that's a good way of looking at it. I'm pretty much with TN, though -- I think I'm "right" (I prefer to say justified, since to me it doesn't matter whether you're "right" or "wrong" but if you can back yourself up believably) most of the time... In fact, I hardly ever think I'm unjustified in saying/thinking/believing what I do. However, I will back down if I either a) don't know as much as everyone else on the subject and just look like an ass, or b) have reacted in a way to someone else's post in a way that made me look like an ass. I hate for people to think that I'm arrogant just because I'm firm in my opinions, so if I overreact to something (which isn't infrequent for me), I'm more than willing to apologize for it and admit my reaction was wrong.

 

[Cheyenne]

I'll admit I'm wrong in my professional life quicker than if I'm wrong in my personal life, if I've made a mistake. I owe fixing mistakes to my employer.

But I'm not usually wrong.

 

[Summery]

It honestly depends on the situation, and who it involves as to how easy or hard it is for me to admit I am wrong.
But, either way the end result is the same. If I am wrong, I will admit it. I agree with what Cheyenne said about more quickly admitting I am wrong in my professional life, than my personal. For me, that may be because more emotions are involved with my personal life.
If I honestly feel I am right, I'll usually fight until death to prove it. Though, I have recently learned, sometimes there's just a time to let go. Because, sometimes some people just don't get it and see it my way.

 

[DRxBlue]

Usually people seem to patronize me...

Even if i am wrong they say "Uh huh...That's right."

Cheyenne (hi sweetie) DID tell me i was wrong not long ago. (She's not shy about things like that, nor should she be)

Hey! It was TRUE! But before i admitted it i did the research which proved to me i was wrong.

Epicuris (a great mind) said, "In a philosophical debate, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most"

It seems to me the process of learning is a series of moments when you smack yourself on the head and say, "What a FOOL i've been!"

Being right all the time scares me.

 

[Rambling Rose]

It is fairly easy for me to tell the difference between right and wrong. I can admit when I was wrong, but I don't always apologize for it.

It's ass chapping to be right and have no one acknowledge it.

 

[Dillinger]

All it takes for me to admit I'm wrong is the realization that I am wrong. That's all it should take for anyone. There is no shame in being wrong. There is no reason to defend a position out of some false sense of pride or out of the cultural indoctrination we all have pertaining to our insistence on territoriality - whether physical or psychological.

 

[ksmybuttons]

If it relates to my belief system, I will not accept that I am wrong, just that my opinion is different than someone elses. If it relates to an action, especially if it is outside of that belief system, I have no problem with admitting I am wrong. I will do it quickly and with apology. I hurt when I hurt those around me.

 

[DRxBlue]

There ya GO!!

All it takes for me to admit I'm wrong is the realization that I am wrong. That's all it should take for anyone. There is no shame in being wrong. There is no reason to defend a position out of some false sense of pride or out of the cultural indoctrination we all have pertaining to our insistence on territoriality - whether physical or psychological.

Eloquently stated Mr. Dillinger! i've found that the benefits of being wrong far outweigh any minor embarrassment it might cause.

What he said! Yeah!

Blue

P.S.
i'm a big fan "Dilly"(?)
You must be a fan of the "Illuminatus" books...me too.

 

[SexySlut2]

If I'm wrong I will admit it right away, why waste time when you know it's inevitable.