Funny about being wrong...her comment about the pessimistic meta induction is also wrong. I'm most cases science was not proven wrong...exactly...new science was "more right." Einstein is more right than Newton. But Newton was not wrong. Indeed, we still uses Newton's equations for just about everything for basic engineering to sending vehicles into space. But everyone in physics knows that Einstein was more right than Newton.
Being a journal writer, I know this first-hand. I'll re-read something that I remember from a few years ago and see how it's different from my memory.
I used to think that I simply hated being wrong until my professor decided that he would disable reviewing our online tests (we can take the tests and get a grade but not know which questions we got wrong). Now I know that hate being wrong and not knowing how to fix it more than simply being wrong. I also learned that my professor is a dick.
Wait, because by your own admission, of her speach being proven wrong eventually... your comment will eventually be prooved wrong and her speach will be right again ;) Just playing with an infinate regress argument that was beging me. Of course her diatribe was not about her own speach but again ending authoritarianism and absolutism.
I've relied on my sense of feeling right for almost all of my life and it's worked so well for me, because when I feel like I'm right I almost always am, and when I feel like I'm wrong I almost always am. Maybe I'm lucky...
@MrNellie2200 hmm... because I'm so unaware that even when I'm wrong I still think I'm right and just continue on my jolly way? Well, in many cases it's not as black and white as right or wrong, so the few-er times where it ultimately is the case I tend to have luck. I like to observe a lot and hate coming to quick conclusions, so maybe the intense amount of info I have is why. Not luck. That was a joke previously.
Great message - give her a few minutes to warm up if you can. @nuraable2 is right that she acts very nervous, but she loosens up and gets better with her thought flow after a few.
Her optical illusion example doesn't fit into the solution she proposes -- having more people cross-check. Considering that most people would fall for the same optical illusions, having larger numbers of people doesn't help. The same applies to systematic biases held by people. Getting large numbers of people together can help if their biases are non-identical.
her point was that different people might develop different methods of checking such as actually comparing the two colors together instead of just looking at them from far away and within their illusionary context.
This woman, I love. She is the epitome of reason and thought - above thought - and in whom my mind is drawn to truth. A more profound statement of truth has never, nor shall be rendered by human reason. Thank you, Ms. Schulz for your wisdom. <3
One of the natural pitfalls of maturity is the increasing conviction that what we think is (and must be) right. (tight-assed) This excellent book discusses the revelations that CAN occur from being wrong; an intimate part of the creative process
Great conference and speaker. I watched this because I am experiencing a terrible crisis of my own identity in life. I am trying to open my mind to the possibility of other truths to explain "what happens after death," because right now I am trapped on "there is nothing." It's so terrifying to me to lose my sense of "self" that I am having terribly anxiety/panic attacks. This speaker's insight into how we defend our wrong ideas may help me make room for new ones. Thanks for sharing, Poptech.
I was in a place that sounds like it might be similar. I offered God the chance to prove His existance and to my extreme surprise He actually did. That was several years ago. Since then I have found that everything I thought I knew about the nature of man, how we got here and what happens we this life is over etc. has been shattered.
very cool talk
michellesings 1 month ago
Funny about being wrong...her comment about the pessimistic meta induction is also wrong. I'm most cases science was not proven wrong...exactly...new science was "more right." Einstein is more right than Newton. But Newton was not wrong. Indeed, we still uses Newton's equations for just about everything for basic engineering to sending vehicles into space. But everyone in physics knows that Einstein was more right than Newton.
gmmaupin 2 months ago
The pink barrel is really disturbing.
jpdionisio 2 months ago
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evantspurrell 2 months ago
Just kidding. Don't do it. It's frightening.
ObserverOfPakleds 2 months ago
Tell a religious person they are wrong. It's funny.
ObserverOfPakleds 2 months ago
Being a journal writer, I know this first-hand. I'll re-read something that I remember from a few years ago and see how it's different from my memory.
wonderaware 2 months ago
The roadrunner never runs off the cliff (to my memory). He merely dodges and the coyote runs off by himself. (I think). Hmmm. I may be wrong.
opptynox 3 months ago
I used to think that I simply hated being wrong until my professor decided that he would disable reviewing our online tests (we can take the tests and get a grade but not know which questions we got wrong). Now I know that hate being wrong and not knowing how to fix it more than simply being wrong. I also learned that my professor is a dick.
CakeFace579 3 months ago 12
We try so hard to be perfect and right that we end up doing nothing - waiting to be right is a life sentence!
thegooey5 3 months ago 2
being wrong is what keeps life interesting
account98 3 months ago 2
great stuff
grondorian 3 months ago 7
I think I might be in love. Great stuff!
mathematicscore 3 months ago
so... by her own speech... eventually she will be proven wrong... about being wrong, therefore you can skip the video :) * just kidding of course*
oticram 3 months ago
@oticram
Wait, because by your own admission, of her speach being proven wrong eventually... your comment will eventually be prooved wrong and her speach will be right again ;) Just playing with an infinate regress argument that was beging me. Of course her diatribe was not about her own speach but again ending authoritarianism and absolutism.
letsomethingshine 2 months ago
Nice stimulating talk! We need more ideas like this spreading around =)
aimezmoi13 3 months ago
Learned to being wrong ...........
namman18 6 months ago
Here's something that I lie to say: What's wrong with being wrong?
KrfNYC2 6 months ago
I've relied on my sense of feeling right for almost all of my life and it's worked so well for me, because when I feel like I'm right I almost always am, and when I feel like I'm wrong I almost always am. Maybe I'm lucky...
CatFlashBlue 9 months ago
@CatFlashBlue or delusional
MrNellie2200 3 months ago
@MrNellie2200 hmm... because I'm so unaware that even when I'm wrong I still think I'm right and just continue on my jolly way? Well, in many cases it's not as black and white as right or wrong, so the few-er times where it ultimately is the case I tend to have luck. I like to observe a lot and hate coming to quick conclusions, so maybe the intense amount of info I have is why. Not luck. That was a joke previously.
CatFlashBlue 3 months ago
Great message - give her a few minutes to warm up if you can. @nuraable2 is right that she acts very nervous, but she loosens up and gets better with her thought flow after a few.
FrDncr22DMB 9 months ago
I particularly think the most important part of this message begins at 15:48
FrDncr22DMB 9 months ago
she's just too nervous..
nuraable2 9 months ago
Her optical illusion example doesn't fit into the solution she proposes -- having more people cross-check. Considering that most people would fall for the same optical illusions, having larger numbers of people doesn't help. The same applies to systematic biases held by people. Getting large numbers of people together can help if their biases are non-identical.
vipulnaik1 10 months ago
@vipulnaik1
her point was that different people might develop different methods of checking such as actually comparing the two colors together instead of just looking at them from far away and within their illusionary context.
letsomethingshine 2 months ago
absolutely great talk.
marquedesade 10 months ago
This woman, I love. She is the epitome of reason and thought - above thought - and in whom my mind is drawn to truth. A more profound statement of truth has never, nor shall be rendered by human reason. Thank you, Ms. Schulz for your wisdom. <3
HPrestonBrown 10 months ago 2
Tell me I have a problem so you can sell me the cure...or maybe a book ?
It is there. If you talk about, you not there yet !
LAOMUSIC 10 months ago
One of the natural pitfalls of maturity is the increasing conviction that what we think is (and must be) right. (tight-assed) This excellent book discusses the revelations that CAN occur from being wrong; an intimate part of the creative process
mburridge01 11 months ago
Great conference and speaker. I watched this because I am experiencing a terrible crisis of my own identity in life. I am trying to open my mind to the possibility of other truths to explain "what happens after death," because right now I am trapped on "there is nothing." It's so terrifying to me to lose my sense of "self" that I am having terribly anxiety/panic attacks. This speaker's insight into how we defend our wrong ideas may help me make room for new ones. Thanks for sharing, Poptech.
ThatsNotPoetry 1 year ago
@ThatsNotPoetry
I was in a place that sounds like it might be similar. I offered God the chance to prove His existance and to my extreme surprise He actually did. That was several years ago. Since then I have found that everything I thought I knew about the nature of man, how we got here and what happens we this life is over etc. has been shattered.
ntguytx 10 months ago