Persisting in self-deceit and ignorance harms you more than admitting you were wrong, because staying on the wrong path to avoid losing face is the real damage, and our opinions should change when we learn new information.

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what's harming you is persisting in self-deceit and ignorance...staying on the incorrect path cuz you don't want to admit you were wrong...Our opinions...are meant to change when we learn new information...It harms us to be stuck in our old ways

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How To Think Better in the Age of AI (From the Stoics)Daily Stoic
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:53:27 PM

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