--- In [email protected], scienceofabundance <no_re...@...> wrote:
>
> One aspect of the FFL posts I notice is that most contributors express little 
> or no doubt about their opinions.  With a few exceptions, ~100% contributors 
> believe they are totally correct in their (very disparate) views and are 
> equally vociferous in the rightness of their counter-arguments to others (who 
> also mostly believe _they_ have the truth.*
> 
> At least their messages give the impression that they believe they have ~100% 
> certainty in their opinions - which, of course, they may not in their 
> hearts/minds - not an unusual defense mechanism).]
> 
> *Strong parallel to the good old TMO way of being/doing. [I remember the 
> first guideline given to us after being made teachers was to never admit we 
> were wrong.]

I don't recall ever getting an instruction like this.

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