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Posted by bcherny 2 days ago

I am often wrong(borischerny.com)
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animalfarm 1 day ago|
Boris is a scientist, that's all that has to be said here. Keep up the great work.
nozzlegear 1 day ago|
Dario tells me you're quite the science whiz. You know, I'm something of a scientist myself. I like to pee on ants and watch them swim around in it. I sometimes wonder what they think of the mysterious yellow rain. They panic at first, mandibles flailing, running into each other, trying to escape the warm, bitter stream, but eventually they come to accept it, maybe even enjoy it. Really puts things into perspective. So Boris, if you ever find yourself in doubt, just find an anthill, and pee on it. You'll thank me later.
selimthegrim 1 day ago||
Won't anyone think of the bees?
dijit 1 day ago|
Heh, I have the opposite... uh "problem".

I am often right.

This has two negative effects;

1) I start to believe my own hype because I am so consistently correct- which blinds me to other ideas if I don't actively take steps to humble myself.

(after all, I won't be right very often if I stop listening, as that's part of why I am right, because I listen to people and have a huge amount of context)

and

2) I am able to quickly come to a conclusion which makes people uneasy, as they think I haven't considered all the points even though I have- and it's also true that people have a bias to inaction unless it's an urgent issue.. this is how things get stuck in committees and meetings and continually get kicked down the road because it's difficult to get everyone together and there's a million reasons to keep deferring meetings.

What I'm trying to say is, don't sit there thinking that "if only I could make correct decisions"- because even if you are quick, correct and decisive: you will ruffle feathers.

(at the risk of sounding arrogant: i'm not saying I'm right about everything, like the red baron, I pick my battles very carefully).