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mattgreenrocks
5mo ago
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It’s not about being smart as much as staying engaged with the problem even when it mentally defeats you several times.
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password54321
5mo ago
That's what I mean. People are uncomfortable being wrong. We are taught from school that being wrong makes you less adequate.
mattgreenrocks
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5mo ago
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.
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