A while back I pulled a post. It had to do with my wanting to be caught being wrong by my coworkers. I catch myself being wrong all the time, so I very much know my own fallibility. But, people take lack of confidence as lack of ability. Which means to get things done, one has to appear 100% confident even when 51%.<\/p>\n
Kathryn Schulz discusses our feelings of rightness while being wrong.\u00c2\u00a0After watching this, I realized that I may have odd values. I enjoy discovering my being wrong about something and figuring out why I went astray. The path to\u00c2\u00a0knowing leads through not knowing.<\/strong> Finding out where I am wrong opens up new possibilities to learn something I should have already known.<\/p>\n I’m not worried about these concerns\u00c2\u00a0Schulz describes as conflicts with\u00c2\u00a0others not knowing (Ignorance),\u00c2\u00a0not making the same connections (Idiocy), or not making the decision I’d have made (Evil). I worry about people devaluing self-correction as much as I do. We all err and my feeling is I err more than most. I want a world where we strive to be the best we can intellectually be. I try to surround myself with people who seem more intelligent and with deep wells of knowledge outside areas I am competent. I have much to learn.<\/p>\n My favorite reason for having a smartphone is quickly accessing information. I will assert something in a conversation and while this is fresh on my mind have a doubt that I was correct. A concrete example. Last night, a friend told me her grandfather from Mexico was German. I asked if his parents\u00c2\u00a0migrated\u00c2\u00a0during WWI or WWII. So when I looked a bit later, I learned the German migrations to Mexico started in the mid-19th Century and continued through WWII. Every situation is a learning opportunity.<\/p>\n