What The *BLEEP* Do I Know?

I am careful to frequently assert my ignorance throughout this blog. But that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm just talking out of my ass like so many people do.

Everything I write is what I believe to be the honest truth, usually with careful consideration of the possibility that I may be unconsciously blowing smoke. I am always acutely aware that I have been frequently and gravely mistaken in the past about what I honestly believed to be true.

So my ignorance disclaimer is a way for me to protect my pride, I suppose. It allows me to speak freely and honestly without trapping myself in my own ignorance. If I learn tomorrow that I was mistaken about something I wrote today, or last week, or even ten years ago, I can just point to my disclaimer and unabashedly correct myself.

It gives me the freedom to grow and to learn to be even more honest. And it gives you the best assurance you can get that I'm not just bull*BLEEP*ing you! :)

As I have said before, if a person is not contradicting themselves then they are not learning and growing. And, if they are not learning and growing then they cannot possibly be being honest.

The most honest and wisest men in history have always contradicted themselves, frequently even in the same sentence. And the most dishonest and manipulative men have always stuck doggedly to their guns, defending their “truths” even to their dying breaths.

(It is interesting then that in our culture we quickly condemn the person who contradicts himself, even if it is only to correct a mistake, while at the same time we revere and reward the person who never changes their mind and hense never learns anything. We even teach our children to “not tell lies”, but what we are really teaching them is to not contradict themselves, and hense to not be honest by admitting their mistakes. Is it any wonder then that there is so much strife and dishonesty in this world when we so unwittingly worship deception?)