What forecasters do in tournaments is good practice in life. When you form an opinion, ask yourself what would have to happen to prove it false. Then keep track of your views so you can see when you were right, when you were wrong, and how your thinking has evolved. “I started out just wanting to prove myself,” Jean-Pierre says. “Now I want to improve myself—to see how good I can get.”

It’s one thing to admit to ourselves that we’ve been wrong. It’s another thing to confess that to other people. Even if we manage to overthrow our inner dictator, we run the risk of facing outer ridicule.

In some cases we fear that if others find out we were wrong, it could destroy our reputations. How do people who accept being wrong cope with that?

In the early 1990s, the British physicist Andrew Lyne published a major discovery in the world’s most prestigious science journal. He presented the first evidence that a planet could orbit a neutron star—

a star that had exploded into a supernova. Several months later,

while preparing to give a presentation at an astronomy conference, he noticed that he hadn’t adjusted for the fact that the Earth moves in an elliptical orbit, not a circular one. He was embarrassingly, horribly wrong. The planet he had discovered didn’t exist.

In front of hundreds of colleagues, Andrew walked onto the ballroom stage and admitted his mistake. When he finished his confession, the room exploded in a standing ovation. One astrophysicist called it “the most honorable thing I’ve ever seen.”

Andrew Lyne is not alone. Psychologists find that admitting we were wrong doesn’t make us look less competent. It’s a display of honesty and a willingness to learn. Although scientists believe it will damage their reputation to admit that their studies failed to

replicate, the reverse is true: they’re judged more favorably if they acknowledge the new data rather than deny them. After all, it doesn’t matter “whose fault it is that something is broken if it’s your responsibility to fix it,” actor Will Smith has said. “Taking responsibility is taking your power back.”

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📚هایلایت قسمت 47 کتاب Think Again

✅ Form an opinion: To create or develop a belief or viewpoint.

  📘 Build a personal belief.

  نظر دادن / شکل دادن به یک باور

  ✅ Prove (something) false: Show that something is incorrect.

  📘 Disprove an idea.

  نادرست بودنِ چیزی را ثابت کردن

  ✅ Keep track of: Monitor or follow progress.

  📘 Follow closely over time.

  پیگیری کردن / دنبال کردن

  ✅ Evolve (thinking): Gradually change or develop.

  📘 Grow or improve over time.

  تکامل پیدا کردن / پیشرفت کردن

  ✅ Prove myself: Show others your abilities or worth.

  📘 Show I’m capable.

  خودم را ثابت کنم

  ✅ Improve myself: Work to become better.

  📘 Develop or grow personally.

  خود را بهتر کردن / پیشرفت شخصی

  ✅ Admit to (being wrong): Confess that you made a mistake.

  📘 Accept a fault.

  اعتراف کردن به اشتباه

  ✅ Confess (to others): Tell someone about a mistake or truth.

  📘 Openly reveal the truth.

  اقرار کردن / صادقانه گفتن

  ✅ Overthrow (inner dictator): Defeat internal fear or ego.

  📘 Break down your mental blocks or pride.

  غلبه بر / سرنگون کردن دیکتاتور درونی

  ✅ Run the risk of: Expose yourself to the possibility of something negative.

  📘 Take a chance that may go wrong.

  خطرِ ... را به جان خریدن

  ✅ Ridicule: Mockery or harsh teasing.

  📘 Being made fun of.

  تمسخر

  ✅ Reputation: Public opinion or how others see you.

  📘 Social or professional image.

  شهرت / اعتبار

  ✅ Cope with: Manage a difficult situation.

  📘 Deal with stress or problems.

  کنار آمدن با / مقابله کردن با

  ✅ Admit a mistake: Publicly say you were wrong.

  📘 Own up to an error.

  قبول کردن اشتباه

  ✅ Standing ovation: When the audience stands up and claps.

  📘 A big show of respect and admiration.

  تشویق ایستاده

  ✅ Honorable: Deserving respect and admiration.

  📘 Honest and courageous.

  قابل احترام / شرافتمندانه

  ✅ Display of honesty: Showing openness and truthfulness.

  📘 Being real and truthful.

  نمایش صداقت

  ✅ Willingness to learn: Openness to new knowledge or feedback.

  📘 Readiness to grow and change.

  تمایل به یادگیری

  ✅ Acknowledge (data/fact): Accept or admit something is true.

  📘 Recognize the truth.

  پذیرفتن / تصدیق کردن

  ✅ Deny (data/facts): Refuse to accept something is true.

  📘 Reject a fact.

  انکار کردن

  ✅ Take responsibility: Accept the role in something that went wrong.

  📘 Own the problem.

  مسئولیت‌پذیر بودن

  ✅ Take your power back: Regain control over your situation.

  📘 Be empowered again.

  قدرت خود را پس گرفتن