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by password54321 258 days ago
That's what I mean. People are uncomfortable being wrong. We are taught from school that being wrong makes you less adequate.
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I see. You are correct. Wrong is merely feedback on something outside of us, not a value judgment of us as people. But education and other systems need us to believe the latter at some low level so they can retain authority.