Pete has never found virtue in stay the “course”

I have never found any virtue in “stay the course” and “sticking to your guns.” In today’s political climate you hear these phrases thrown around and it makes me wince. Because what they are saying is “I believe in something wrong and I am impress that they can ignore how wrong they are.” I shutter when I hear people say there is no such thing as global warming. I know back in the 80’s and early 90’s I said the same thing; such as “this could be a natural occurrence.” I said these things back then because I did not like the implications of agreeing with it. It made me uncomfortable. 15 years latter I am wiser, I realize that facts are facts, evidence can not be ignored, and just because I do not like it does not make less real. I want to live my life with as little falsehoods as possible, which means that I have to change my opinion and ideas when new things come and affect them. Faith in something, implies that you will not change your believe; and some think changing your ideas is a bad thing. I do not. It means that you can adapt to situations as they come up. It also indirectly, strengthens those things I believe, because I understand why I have come to that conclusion and I know what it would take to change them. It is work. I think Bayes theorem demonstrates how changing your decision can improve your chances of success. Unfortunately, it is human nature to not want to think. We want to collect a comfortable world view and make all your decisions based on that world view without ever questioning or changing it. To simply have the faith that you are always right.

Pete