disinterest: people who can't admit when they're wrong

[sab]

Faux pas #78636; turns out you can only select one of the radio buttons on that last box, and one can't edit a poll! And so, go ahead and just check one.



[Poll #626294]



And then I'll stare at these answers and do some highly unprofessional analysis and post some more questions tomorrow, along with some general rambling on people who admit they're wrong and people who ARE wrong and people who are dumber than other people. Watch this space!

Comments

[notpoetry.livejournal.com]

I fully admit to being an elitist in certain areas of my life -- because I'm getting an education in it right now, I'm a writing elitist. I'm friends with people who are fantastic writers, and since you usually have to, you know, be fairly intelligent to be a fantastic writer, my friends are incredibly smart people. And I love being surrounded by smart people, even smart people who disagree with me. But one of the common things I've found about my friends is that they almost always admit when they have gaps in their knowledge and are willing, even eager to learn more. And I love that. I wish I were better at it -- I'm always up for learning more, but it takes a lot for me to admit out loud when I don't know something as well as I should.

This is an interesting poll, and not one I ever would've thought to do; I look forward to seeing the results.