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  Sumukha S (halfbloodprice@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 03:29:07 JST Sumukha S

  • Thomas 🔭🕹️

  @thomasfuchs Exactly. I don’t know why people get shamed online for changing opinions.

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  Jargoggles (jargoggles@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:19:49 JST Jargoggles

  • Thomas 🔭🕹️
  • Sumukha S

  @clacke @thomasfuchs @halfbloodprice
  It also depends on the opinions or, more specifically, what comes along with the opinions.

  For instance, if someone has spent years spreading hate, then a simple "I was wrong about that" doesn't go very far. If someone is content to just stop there, then it's perfectly justifiable to push them to actually make amends.

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  Daniel Blake (daniel_blake@mastodon.top)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:19:53 JST Daniel Blake

  • Thomas 🔭🕹️

  @thomasfuchs https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/07/22/keynes-change-mind/

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  Texty the Bard (textualdeviance@retro.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:19:57 JST Texty the Bard

  • Thomas 🔭🕹️

  @thomasfuchs I was a registered Libertarian at 19 (I wanted queer and abortion rights, but also gun rights, which my dad had convinced me should be sacred.) Fixed that pretty quickly, but still.

  I've also had to unlearn a lot of casual bigoted language, especially ableist language, and had to learn to shut up when other marginalized people needed to take the lead.

  My heart is usually in the right place, but I have gaps in knowledge and understanding. I'm always ready to fill those in.

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  James Britt (jamesbritt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:20:08 JST James Britt

  • Thomas 🔭🕹️

  @thomasfuchs

  “An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”

  ― Niels Bohr (supposedly)

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  coupland (coupland@cryptodon.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:20:12 JST coupland

  • Thomas 🔭🕹️

  @thomasfuchs Wise words. In fact, it's literally impossible to learn unless you're willing to admit there's something you either were wrong about or don't know.

  Humility is like a muscle in that it needs to be exercised. It may feel humiliating to admit your mistakes, but once you make a practice of it you realize it's free, it's painless, it helps you grow, and it INCREASES your credibility.

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  Loukas Christodoulou (loukas@mastodon.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:20:16 JST Loukas Christodoulou

  • Thomas 🔭🕹️

  @thomasfuchs People who think they're never wrong are usually the wrongest people around.