April 19, 2022

I change my mind. What do you do?

by Unknown photographer, bromide print, 1933
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The increasing propensity for people to refuse to change their minds, even when faced with irrefutable evidence, is baffling to me. I don’t like being wrong – no one really does – but being wrong means that I’m now less wrong than I was before.

More importantly, as I’ve shared before, most of the smartest people are those that frequently change their minds. Being open to new ideas is a wonderful trait.

A quote from J.M. Keynes is what inspired this post. He said it well with:

“When somebody persuades me that I am wrong, I change my mind. What do you do?”

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