Re: If I thought I was wrong,
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I'd change my mind.
..a breakaway to a lighter topic.
Bearly asked about my sig in another thread
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lucky, what if you thought you 'were' wrong....?
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Ignoring the "should this be subjunctive" take on the question, I started using that sig when somebody said, "Oh, that hortense, he always thinks he's right."
I replied, "of course, if he thought he was wrong he'd change his mind."
Each person at every second of his waking day thinks he is right in any thought he is having. It's not something we control, we keep a running tally at some deep level and it is impossible to grab hold of a thought that you think is wrong. We're a self-correcting system,
luckyme,
if I thought I was wrong, I'd change my mind
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I'm always right when I'm not sure whether I'm right. And I'm not sure that I'm right often.
There does seem to be a large portion of people that don't believe admitting they are wrong is acceptable. Even when someone has proven it to them.
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