It Has Been My Experience That I Am Generally Correct About Most Things

[TriflinThomas]

Peter, from Family Guy, said this to Lois. But, it applies to me, too (and, to some extent, all introverts). I'm not correct about everything, nor do I presume to be; but, my friends insist that I'm usually right about things. I appear to be correct often because I don't butt in on subjects that I don't know about (and I'm quite open about my ignorance of the subject). However, when I'm sure of something, I'm quite adamant about it. This gives the effect that I'm always right. Like I said in the beginning, I think this is an introversion problem because we are less likely to open our mouths in general.

Anyone else run into this problem?

 

[own8ge]

Yes, I'm mostly right. And If not, then its most likely that I mentioned that there is a possibility that I was not right.

EDIT: But that is just, relatively. Because if I consider it myself to be right. I would say it's imperfect or stubborn for me to think like that (This is, because my Judgement is never perfect, but slightly better every moment. And likely to be better than others because of my seriousness that has been put into it.) And because of my clarification, it makes it hard to not be true because I gave all relevant information that was needed to draw my conclusions which were drawn in a logical manner.

 

[Smooch]

you..consider this....a problem?
Is it because there is now pressure on you to be right about things?

 

[EyeSeeCold]

I appear to be correct often because I don't butt in on subjects that I don't know about (and I'm quite open about my ignorance of the subject). However, when I'm sure of something, I'm quite adamant about it.

"I only play the games that I win at..."


What is the problem exactly? I could guess you mean if anyone else is usually right about things, but I'm unsure because you already noted it was an introvert thing.

 

[Solitaire U.]

This reads like another intro-worship "I Am Generally Correct About Most Things" masquerading as "I Am Always Correct..." thread.

But what the heck, here we go...

The main issue here is the inference that other people are generally incorrect about most things. That insinuation is rather obligatory...I realize you didn't state it directly.

So I would agree that this is probably an introversion 'problem'. You realize that you are generally correct about most things...

...but skilled poker players do the same thing. They only bet on cards with a high chance of winning, as you only wager an opinion on issues when you know you have a high chance of being correct.

It's very likely that most other people are also mostly correct about the subjects they care to wager an opinion on. It's possible that your inward focus is preventing you from seeing that you're no different from the majority in this regard.

I suppose the pivotal element would be how you react when proven wrong. It would appear that the majority of people who assume themselves generally correct most of the time also have extreme difficulty coping with exposures of their incorrectness.

I would never presume myself to be correct most of the time. It's stagnating. I also don't believe it's better to remain silent when unsure. Holding myself accountable to such lofty standards would rob me of the freedom to ask knowledge-gathering questions, and to throw my ideas out there and learn from their inadequacies. Even when my overarching idea is incorrect, there are usually slices of correctness that can be combined with other people's slices of correctness to produce an overall correct idea.

But then, I'm probably more interested in uncharted exploration than going over mapped territory.

 

[INeedToPee]

Like I said in the beginning, I think this is an introversion problem because we are less likely to open our mouths in general.

i don't see a problem at all. i think other people should not spew their ideas with strong conviction if there is a chance that they are wrong.