<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I was wrong just the other day about when we do and don’t reuse Custard at work. I was corrected by one manager and had to go tell the other employee that I had been wrong about which day it was.<div><br></div><div>This happens about 3 days ago.<br><br><div dir="ltr">If we’re talking about overall perception of the world, I actually used to hold an alt-right position to the lines of “the personal and professional freedom of modern women, and general modern egalitarianism will cause/is causing the downfall of western civilization”. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I don’t believe that anymore. I stopped believing it a year ago.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Before that I was ultra-hard “SJW”, which I also disagree with heavily now.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">It’s part of growing up that you change your thoughts, feelings, and opinions, no?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Mar 10, 2020, at 5:04 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Just having a joke on women. But - I have been reading about decision making, attitude and behavior change, confirmation bias etc. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">It is hard to change a person's mind about anything. Ego defenses leap to defend the opinion. Bias in assessing data tries to support what one already believes, and many, many more things stand in the way of change and admitting being wrong.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">It's not hard - it's very hard. When was the last time you admitted being wrong and changing your mind about something important? Even trying to pull out memories of being wrong is something your mind fights.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 4:22 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Is this not a normal thing to say?<br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Mar 10, 2020, at 11:55 AM, Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I'm still waiting for that after 14 years! You've renewed my hope I may live to see the day though!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 12:51 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In a discussion with my wife she said and I quote "I could be wrong."</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Glorious day! Will change my entire life! Hope it happens to you too. The feeling is just superb. Unique.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">bill w</div></div>
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