Rule #1
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010If you can’t say “I might be wrong.” Then I have no interest in you as a human.
I don’t care if it’s politics, religion, a scientific theory, a memory from your past, a plan for the future, your assessment of yourself or of someone else. If the answer to the question “but what if you’re wrong?” is “I’m not.” then you’ve got some serious problems you need to work out as a member of this race and you should probably take a rain check from me until you figure it out.
You can believe. Heck, you can even KNOW you’re right. But there always exists the possibility of additional conflicting information and you MUST allow for it.
Now, my formal education is a bit stunted so it’s possible that there exists pure, provable mathematical knowledge, which would be an exception.
But I might be wrong.
UPDATE: Oddly, this wasn’t precipitated by anything. It actually came to me in the shower, as I was thinking about dramatically simplifying my life.
