Opus 2026-130: You Can Quote Me

I like to be right even when I am wrong.  I hope that doesn’t make any sense to you.  It didn’t to me at first.  

Obviously we want to be right.  That is basic human nature.  We usually start out in a disagreement with the idea that we know what we are talking about.  What happens to me is I run into someone making a statement that does not seem right to me.  They may quote a Bible verse or a famous speech and it does not line up with my memory.  I question them.  They remain steadfast.  What is a know-it-all to do?

What I prefer to do is look it up.  If it is a Bible passage it is easy.  If it is a quote of John Locke it might be problematic.  I would like to think I am the one who is not ignorant.  I cannot be sure of that so I try to investigate.

I may find my memory was right.  It happens often enough that I could get smug.  I may find out I am wrong.  It happens often enough that I have learned not to be publically smug.  In the end I find out the correct information so that I can be right even if I was wrong.

homo unius libri