Comments on: How to Be Right http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/how-to-be-right/ Mike Turitzin's essays and articles Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Why Faith Is a Bad Way of Knowing http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/how-to-be-right/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Why Faith Is a Bad Way of Knowing Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:09:24 +0000 http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/?p=335#comment-99 [...] There are more reasons to question faith.  We tend to believe things we want be be true — psychology research indicates that people tend to interpret ambiguous information in a way that benefits their interests.  Most people think their abilities are above average when compared to their peers.  They can’t all be right.  We can test our abilities, but we can’t test beliefs we hold on faith.  We may hold such beliefs partly because we want to hold them, and in such cases we should be all-the-more-ready to question them. [...] [...] There are more reasons to question faith.  We tend to believe things we want be be true — psychology research indicates that people tend to interpret ambiguous information in a way that benefits their interests.  Most people think their abilities are above average when compared to their peers.  They can’t all be right.  We can test our abilities, but we can’t test beliefs we hold on faith.  We may hold such beliefs partly because we want to hold them, and in such cases we should be all-the-more-ready to question them. [...]

]]> By: miketuritzin http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/how-to-be-right/comment-page-1/#comment-68 miketuritzin Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:09:30 +0000 http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/?p=335#comment-68 Yes, I agree. It's hard to be right without being wrong first. And, of course, we're probably rarely "right"--we just become less wrong as we learn from our mistakes :) Yes, I agree. It’s hard to be right without being wrong first. And, of course, we’re probably rarely “right”–we just become less wrong as we learn from our mistakes :)

]]> By: Chris Turitzin http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/how-to-be-right/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Chris Turitzin Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:05:26 +0000 http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/?p=335#comment-67 I have found in my life and work the times that I get the most insight into an issue is when I form a set of hypothesis (basically, a stance on an issue) and find people to disprove it. The process of being wrong is quite enlightening. It is often the only way you can learn "what is right". This is related to learning from failure... <-- a suggested blog topic, or maybe I should actually write on my own.... "fail early, fail often" I have found in my life and work the times that I get the most insight into an issue is when I form a set of hypothesis (basically, a stance on an issue) and find people to disprove it. The process of being wrong is quite enlightening. It is often the only way you can learn “what is right”.

This is related to learning from failure… <– a suggested blog topic, or maybe I should actually write on my own….

“fail early, fail often”

]]> By: miketuritzin http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/how-to-be-right/comment-page-1/#comment-66 miketuritzin Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:15:37 +0000 http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/?p=335#comment-66 Hmmm, I'm a bit confused by this comment, but as I said, all thoughts are welcome :) Hmmm, I’m a bit confused by this comment, but as I said, all thoughts are welcome :)

]]> By: Daren http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/how-to-be-right/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Daren Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:50:35 +0000 http://www.miketuritzin.com/writing/?p=335#comment-65 "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.” Hunter S. Thompson “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.”
Hunter S. Thompson

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