fallor ergo sum...

[The Vinyl Adventure]

well worth a watch

http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong.html

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Did anyone watch it?
Try and ignore the fact she is slightly irritating ... It's interesting!

[John]

I watched it Yes agree interesting video

[The Grand Wazoo]

Nice find Hamish.
What I find interesting is that so many of the people leaving comments think she's wrong!

[The Vinyl Adventure]

I'm not so keen on the political comments she makes ... They do I think weaken the point
But the rest of it... You can't really argue with, any argument against it falls into her own "unfortunate assumptions" or what ever she calls them ... Clever stuff I think ... The argument its self protects it's self from being argued with rationally ...
Apart from anything I completely agree with her ... And what a lot of comments say ... It's really the only way to progress in life is to accept that not only are you wrong sometimes ... But actually, probably, most of the time ... Apart from anything, accepting it makes the embarrament of realising when you at wrong a lot easier to deal with ...
It really is a route to a more free mind of you ask me!
Of course the irony is in feeling right by agreeing with her ... ... You sort if get your self in to an infinite loop ... It becomes paradox ... Is that the right word?? You know what I mean ... ?

[John]

I love a paradox Hamish

[The Vinyl Adventure]

It is one isn't it? ... I'm probably over thinking it a bit really ;)
Still, all good fun ...
It's a good site that ted ... Saw a wonderful thing on there once about the eb and flow of artistic inspiration and how allowing your self to be inspired creativly by what's around you and other peoples art etc makes you part of inspiration for other people ... And how nice it is to be a part of that ... That's how I remember it anyway ... Can't find it now...

[John]

Yes I have the site book marked

[WAD62]

Nice find Hamish.
What I find interesting is that so many of the people leaving comments think she's wrong!

Because doubt and uncertainty don't sit well with the american psyche...particularly given their slightly more fundamental religious views :eyebrows:

Sorry to generalise about 250million people...as of course all generalisations are wrong...;)