Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, coming to you from right here in Reston, VA. This week is all about being right. Which is to say I’m not always right, and neither are you! The point really is to understand that if you always have to be right, then you’re going to have issues long term with people who hold different beliefs trusting you. And likewise, if you’re with someone who has to always be right, this can be a toxic relationship that you may need to extract yourself from.
The truth of the matter is that, in any relationship, sometimes you’ll be right, sometimes your partner will be right. You need to be open to both possibilities in any dispute. And, if you can’t come to an agreement, then just Agree to Disagree. In the end it’s not worth it trying to win every battle and having a Bayesian outlook will do you a world of good. I always allow myself to update my prior assumptions. Granted, there are some of my beliefs, issues I hold dear as strictly non-partisan, which are so deeply entrenched with Priors that I’ve heard every argument there is to my positions and have refuted every one. It will take great evidence to dissuade me of advantages of electric cars, the benefits of one person, one vote, and my core belief in equal rights for women. Not saying you can’t dissuade me of those positions, I remain opened to any arguments against any of my beliefs, but with those examples, you’re gonna have to work pretty hard and probably again to agree to disagree.
And in the domestic sphere, never should it be said the man is always right in his castle, or the women is always right in the home. Nobody is always right. Even if they’re right 99 times in a row, that hundredth time they could be wrong.