I’ll bet that this is a case where you become what you pretend to be. Anyone who gets in the habit of publicly admitting they’re wrong, even if they have to fake the whole thing, has acquired a valuable capacity, valuable practice, and a most valuable reputation to live up to. We tend to become what others think we are.
I don’t do this myself—my mistakes are real mistakes, thank you—but it’s an argument on Michael Vassar’s side in an ongoing argument between Vassar and I.
I’ll bet that this is a case where you become what you pretend to be. Anyone who gets in the habit of publicly admitting they’re wrong, even if they have to fake the whole thing, has acquired a valuable capacity, valuable practice, and a most valuable reputation to live up to. We tend to become what others think we are.
I don’t do this myself—my mistakes are real mistakes, thank you—but it’s an argument on Michael Vassar’s side in an ongoing argument between Vassar and I.