To what extent is it okay to be wrong about things?

anticommon@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 72 points –

We live in an age of misinformation, but it's not always on purpose. Sometimes we hear things or come to conclusions that end up becoming fact in our heads. Other times it can be malicious with intent to deceive or subvert. Sometimes it's in the middle.

Where do you draw the line with regards to people being wrong about things and feeling compelled to correct or respond to their wrongness?

Am I wrong?

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“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.”

—Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, Newsweek (1980-01-21)

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