# Admit that you're wrong! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145 "2002-12-12T00:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/41 "2002-12-12T20:01:28Z")
Thank you, Cuauhtemoc! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/42 "2002-12-12T20:38:40Z")
Oh shit, if I had to learn all teh dumb-ass things Iā€™ve conceded and turned 180 onā€¦ weā€™d be here for a while. [ul][_]Logic is NOT meaningless! Period.[_]Epistemology is not a turtle stack[_]A lack of absolute certainty is not a certainty for a lack of action, thought, judgment, or knowledge[_]Ayn Rand was wrong. About a lot.[_]Economics does not encompass all human action, nor all morality[_]I am not all that embarrassed about admitting mistakes, only how long it takes me to admit them (thick skull!)[_]There are religious people who think about their religion intelligently[_]The law of fives is never wrong[_]Having a degree in philosophy doesnā€™t guarantee anything; not having a degree in philosophy can make philosophical arguments hard. And sometimes they can make you sound stupid[_]I wish I was a lawyerThe government does big things badly, but it seems it does small things badly, too[/ul]Well, getting into jokeland there so Iā€™ll stop. But there are, Iā€™m sure, many other incriminating debates Iā€™ve been in. The worst thing is, many of them involve me being _so_ wrong, but not realizing it until after the fact, and so I donā€™t bump the threads (months later) just to admit I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/43 "2002-12-12T21:42:26Z")
If loving you is wrong, I donā€™t wanna be right. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/44 "2002-12-12T21:47:19Z")
I thought that moving from Eugene, Oregon to Reno, Nevada would be an enriching life experience and a better chance for more employment oppourtunities. Oh mamma, was I wrong. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/45 "2002-12-13T03:29:20Z")
I once thought that Libertarian Capitalism was the best deal out there. I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/46 "2002-12-13T04:06:25Z")
I was wrong to get a [diamond engagement ring](http://www.amnestyusa.org/diamonds/d4.html). Unfortunately I only found this out two years after the purchaseā€¦ ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/47 "2002-12-13T11:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jurhael \* > \*\*I once thought that Libertarian Capitalism was the best deal out there. > > I was wrong. \*\* The best _deal_? No, the best ā€œdealā€ out there is to let other people work for their money and then get thugs with nuclear bombs to steal it from them and give it to you. :wally ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/48 "2002-12-14T01:10:04Z")
Oh ! **Arden Ranger**! I was gonna say the same thing! When I saw those other peopleā€™s kids acting up in the store, I said "my kids would _never_ do that ! But I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/49 "2002-12-14T01:36:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Gary Kumquat_ > And was anyone really that upset by the sacking of Paris? I mean really, whoā€™s actually missed the place? Well, **I** missed it. Which is why there is no longer a Belgium. Must have been an error in my calculationsā€¦ yep. Forgot to carry the two. I was wrong. Sorry. Okay, seriously: I thought admiting I was wrong would make me look weak and/or stupid. I was wrong about that. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/50 "2002-12-14T02:04:01Z")
I donā€™t always reduce and recycle as much as I could - Iā€™m wasteful at times solely for my own convenience. I view that as wrong. (And I understand that the world wonā€™t be fixed and my own exercises against waste wonā€™t make a bit of difference. I just feel itā€™s wrong for me to be wasteful.) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/51 "2002-12-14T02:07:57Z")
> [@](#): > > I thought that moving from Eugene, Oregon to Reno, Nevada would be an enriching life experience and a better chance for more employment oppourtunities. Well, thatā€™s encouraging. damn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145.md?page=2)