We live in an age of misinformation, but it’s not always on purpose. Sometimes we hear things or come to conclusions that end up becoming fact in our heads. Other times it can be malicious with intent to deceive or subvert. Sometimes it’s in the middle.
Where do you draw the line with regards to people being wrong about things and feeling compelled to correct or respond to their wrongness?
Am I wrong?
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.”
—Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, Newsweek (1980-01-21)
awesome quote
If they provide zero sources yet claim to be correct.
I’m a pedant, it’s not that I always want to be right, I just don’t want to be wrong.
Useful idiots that broadcast misinformation are a weapon in your enemy’s arsenal.
Being wrong is fine and expected. Everyone is wrong about something and everyone has been wrong at some point in their lives before.
What’s not okay is not admitting to being wrong or holding onto wrong beliefs even in the face of evidence to the contrary. Lots of people get defensive about their opinions or the facts they believe and assign their identity to those things. This is harmful and should be avoided.
