Unlearning 101

Being Wrong Feels Like Being Right

Below is a wonderful talk by Kathryn Schulz, self described "wrongologist" and the author of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. I especially liked this statement of hers:"One of the problems with being wrong ... is that it feels like being right."

This is so true and it is one of the reasons I strive to replace statements of "no doubt" with the more philosophical statement: "to know doubt."

After listening to her presentation, however, I'm even more convinced we need to teach unlearning in kindergarten and that each of us must strive to possess a little more intellectual humility."

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Sometimes, all it takes to keep an old flame going is a little spark.

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One solution: Begin criticizing adults for having "underactive" imaginations.

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Unlearning Porn

Posted below is a 4-minute TED video by Cindy Gallop discussing porn. The video has some explicit language and the topic, obviously, is not for everyone; but it does fit well within the topic of unlearning because as, Gallop states, "pornography has become the de facto sex education" for many young men. 

 I also like her quote that porn's effect on men requires "a certain amount of reeducation, rehabilitation and reorientation." In short, it requires some unlearning. 

Finally, Gallop's observation that the porn is "driven by men; funded by men; managed by men; directed at men; and targeted at men" means that there is a large perspective -- namely that of women -- which has heretofore been missing from the conversation. 

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