It’s very easy to be smug in the present, especially if we ended up being on the right side of history. We all know the internet is full of people doing stupid things, and this is never truer than when we look to its past (or when it’s representing the past). Everybody has made mistakes that …
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Twitter Dweeb Gets Clowned for Claiming That Having 130 IQ is «The greatest tragedy»
I don’t think I’ve ever done an actual IQ test. As somebody who has always had a vendetta against exam results and other supposedly objective units of knowledge measurement, I could never be tempted by all those online quizzes that claim to rank you in the grand scheme of human intelligence. Because of this, I’ve …
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Bold and Risky Statements That Eventually Aged Like Milk
Everybody is wrong sometimes. Yes, even those of us who are chronically in denial about the fact that we sometimes don’t have all the facts. If we didn’t have opinions and predictions that we later looked back on as kind of whack, we would never grow as people. At the same time, it is often …
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Embarrassing & Amusing Times People Were Confidently Incorrect
None of us are right all of the time, no matter how much we claim to be. This can be a painful experience, especially for those of us with an excess of pride. Nonetheless, it is an important lesson in life to be able to learn from our mistakes and admit when we are wrong. …
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