there's no shame in being wrong, not if you have a good argument. it's not about whether your deductions are correct, it's about whether your argument is sound and you can find your flawed assumptions when the results of the experiment exposes them.

there is something shameful about taking credit for being right when you did not have a rigorous argument to back up your claim.

it is better to be rigorous and wrong than it is to be correct by chance.

knowledge is not a battle of egos. it is a collaborative pursuit. and, debates over who is right and wrong just get in the way of finding a closer approximation of truth.

the reduction of epistemology to a battle of egos is one of the most profound ways that capitalism is destroying our culture.