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by matz1 2545 days ago
>Something that has gone a long way for me to better myself throughout my life is to recognize that when everyone is telling me I'm wrong, it's almost certain they are right

Maybe but its not always. Isn't there many people who become famous inventor or great discovery made because they goes againts the commonly held idea.
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MegaButts 2544 days ago
> Isn't there many people who become famous inventor or great discovery made because they goes againts the commonly held idea.

No. There are a few - probably something like 1 in 10,000,000 or so. Which echoes the most important part of my comment - what makes you so sure you're right when you've failed to convince anyone in this comment thread of anything other than you're a difficult individual?

Maybe you're the next Isaac Newton, but I'd literally take 1,000,000:1 odds you suffer from some combination of a superiority complex and delusional thinking.

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matz1 2544 days ago
>No. There are a few - probably something like 1 in 10,000,000 or so

Using your number, there are 7 billion people in the world, then there are 700 such people. For me , it still quite a lot.

>Which echoes the most important part of my comment - what makes you so sure you're right when you've failed to convince anyone in this comment thread of anything other than you're a difficult individual?

I didn't claim I'm right or wrong, I'm questioning and making argument. Whether you are convinced or not is up to you.

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zwww 2543 days ago
That's quite emotionally immature really.

Yes, you can choose to be an asshole, regardless of your intelligence, and others can choose to reciprocate in kind. Worst case you're lynched and gain some sort of martyrdom people might or might not care about. Best case you drive everyone away and end up abandoned and ignored, left to your own bitterness.

Or you could try communicating your genius idea, improving people's lives in the process, if its a worthy one. But that only makes sense if it was about the idea in the first place. If it was about proving everyone else wrong you might want to reconsider your motivations.

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matz1 2543 days ago
Having a different idea can potentially carry risk but it is what it is.

It is about idea in the first place.

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