Foo - How to admit you made an error.

So maybe you said something you thought was true because perhaps your heard it from someone you trusted, or perhaps you put two and two together and forgot about some other variable, and then mentioned it on the internet....


And then someone calls you out on it, possibly with proof.


Step 1. Do not look at this as an opportunity to continue to defend your position.
Step 2. Try to have a sense of humor.
Step 3. Try to realize that, deep down, you know you were wrong
Step 4. Swallow Ego.
Step 5. Admit it. Say "Oops" or something. It won't hurt that much.

(and please don't bother with the cockamamie excuses like "my dog ate my brain cells" or "I was too busy doing intervals to think clearly" or whatever)

:popcorn

Is there a point to this?
Are you trying to tell us something?
We promise not to judge you (much) :)

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around
They say you got a boy friend
You're out late every weekend
They're talkin' about you and it's bringin' me down

ADMIT I WAS WRONG? Over the years it has gotten to be easier and easier to admit, especially since I got married. I can't remember being right very often since that day.

I thought there was a point to this thread.

I admit it.

I was wrong.

I'm sorry.

(and please don't bother with the cockamamie excuses like "my dog ate my brain cells" or "I was too busy doing intervals to think clearly" or whatever)

How 'bout my dog ate my intervals because I was busy thinking clearly? Ummm, yeah. :innocent:

So maybe you said something you thought was true because perhaps your heard it from someone you trusted, or perhaps you put two and two together and forgot about some other variable, and then mentioned it on the internet....


And then someone calls you out on it, possibly with proof.


Step 1. Do not look at this as an opportunity to continue to defend your position.
Step 2. Try to have a sense of humor.
Step 3. Try to realize that, deep down, you know you were wrong
Step 4. Swallow Ego.
Step 5. Admit it. Say "Oops" or something. It won't hurt that much.

(and please don't bother with the cockamamie excuses like "my dog ate my brain cells" or "I was too busy doing intervals to think clearly" or whatever)

True...but it makes for less than a page. Certainly no fun for the 41 :D

I was wrong....once, when I thought I made a mistake.

If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one around to hear it, yes, the man is still wrong.

I have no idea where this thread came from and I'm not trying to be rude to you at all OP, but I have to say it. It is just too easy because of the OP's username.




Grumpy much?

Never mind.

Never found that all too difficult in the first place....

I'm never wrong.

This thread is not even close to being roadie or even bicycle related. Shut 'er down I say!

Never mind.

http://learnjavafx.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f133d69883401156f88b4c2970c-800wi

When it comes to admitting mistakes, I've had plenty of opportunities, but very little actual practice.

SP
Bend, OR

My momma taught me long ago that the three most beautiful words in the English language are "I was wrong".

Grumpy:

Pearls/swine.

You must grok the fullness of the situation, then praise and cherish the strange configuration of events lest they swallow you whole.

(NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djYz6p3i-t0


Seriously

Grumpy:

Pearls/swine.

Lipstick.

I'v only been wrong once. And that was when I thought I was wrong, but wasn't.

Fooey!

way to miss the point.

what did i miss this time?

Is there a point to this?
Are you trying to tell us something?
We promise not to judge you (much) :)
How in the hell you think this guy has got up to 10K posts? This!

ADMIT I WAS WRONG? Over the years it has gotten to be easier and easier to admit, especially since I got married. I can't remember being right very often since that day.

R.A. Heinlein said that if in an argument with yuor wife it turns out you were right appologize at once.

As long as you are wrong you are OK.

Fooey!

all of the crap in the 41, and Grumpy posts an informative thread and it gets moved :face palm:

Grumpy:

Pearls/swine.

Hey! Let's not get personal.

20 years of marriage has taught the beauty and comfort of being, if not mistaken, genuinely wrong.

30 some odd years of commission based sales has taught me to teach my customer to be right after all...

Perception and reality have nothing on human delusion. Delusion RULES!

Hey Grumpy, say you've got a C-B-C slur in first position followed by an E and another C. Do you slide up to the second C with your first finger and extend for the E or do you move to second position and extend backwards for the last C?

way to miss the point.

I'm not following road much anymore, but I would expect Grumpy's style is to post this gem out-of-band to avoid publicly embarrassing someone. And it applies to many. I will use it as a reminder to myself.

When I am wrong I promptly admit it.

It took me a long time to realize that doing just that makes life alot easier.

Couch

What if you're never wrong? Then what?

What if you're never wrong? Then what?

Duh? Look at the post above yours. Couch is never wrong. :thumb:

What if you're never wrong? Then what?

When you're in a straightjacket, only a true friend will scratch your nuts for you.

How I do it...

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So maybe you said something you thought was true because perhaps your heard it from someone you trusted, or perhaps you put two and two together and forgot about some other variable, and then mentioned it on the internet....


And then someone calls you out on it, possibly with proof.


Step 1. Do not look at this as an opportunity to continue to defend your position.
Step 2. Try to have a sense of humor.
Step 3. Try to realize that, deep down, you know you were wrong
Step 4. Swallow Ego.
Step 5. Admit it. Say "Oops" or something. It won't hurt that much.


Not to put too fine a point on this, but Step 4, should be probably be Step 1. ;)

What if you're never wrong? Then what?

Like I noted above. Delusion Rules!