See willingness to change mind as mark of maturity, key to democracy (& a lot better indicator of intelligence than tests, grades, career or what have you too).
(And I really want to be wrong re a lot that I am pretty confident about right now…)
We just had a long discussion about this on fb. One of the issues people argued over was giving someone grief after they admitted they were wrong and tried to fix it, and how counterproductive that is. Still, a lot of people argued FOR harrassing folks after they did the right thing. Sigh.
That depends upon the mistake. I mean everyone makes mistakes. Every day. It’s part of being human. Trial and error how humans learn and grow. So as a general thing, embarrassing people for making mistakes is bad. However… if they did a great deal of harm in the process, consequences are important.
I used to think I wasn't allowed to change my mind. Sometime in my early 20s I realized how ridiculous that was. This is a sign of growth and maturity!
There was a great video by someone with autism saying how he was often accused of ‘always needing to be right’. He made this wonderful argument about how actually, he need to be ‘factual’ and loved it when he was corrected accurately because could help him change POV and be - factual.
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See willingness to change mind as mark of maturity, key to democracy (& a lot better indicator of intelligence than tests, grades, career or what have you too).
(And I really want to be wrong re a lot that I am pretty confident about right now…)