Comments on: The Fear of Being Wrong

By: Allan R. Bevere

Allan R. Bevere — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:23:34 +0000

Henry:

Thanks for the great post! It is something that all of us need to reflect upon as we make our way through the blogosphere.

By: PamBG

PamBG — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:41:44 +0000

Being wrong can be forgiven: it is insisting on being right that confirms our being bound in original murderous sin.

James Alison, The Joy of Being Wrong, The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York, 1998, p. 125

By: Henry Neufeld

Henry Neufeld — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:30:45 +0000

Note my comment on your blog, which was where I thought it appropriate to post my response, since I very much do approve of your comment policy.

By: Peter Kirk

Peter Kirk — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:17:10 +0000

Thanks. I did allow my readers to read Adrian’s rationale! Your take on this is helpful, fear is indeed a big factor. As for me, John Hobbins has called me “fearless”, and indeed I don’t see any need to fear anyone in the blogosphere.

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Blogging Business Live, everything about markets! » The Fear of Being Wrong — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:48:01 +0000

[...] Stop Me Before I Vote Again wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptThe Fear of Being Wrong November 22nd, 2007 by Henry Neufeld If you do anything at all you�re going to be wrong at one time or another. You can be as careful as you want, and still sometime, somewhere, you�ll be wrong. Doubtless I�ll be wrong somewhere in this blog post. It could be a misspelling, a missed word, a badly chose word, or it might even be something more important. If I knew, I could avoid it. Maybe I shouldn�t even write it! Now there�s a thought! I�ve encountered this recently [...]