The Joy of Being Wrong - Week 1

1. The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name
May your kingdom come, may your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory
Forever and ever.
Amen.

4. If you do not want to be judged,
then do not judge others.
For the way you judge others
will come back to you – full circle.
Think of it this way. How can
you see the speck of wood
in the eye of another when you
cannot see the log in your own
eye?
MATTHEW 7:1-3 (FNV)

5. How can you say, ‘Here, let me
help you,’ when you cannot see
that you need even more help?
Stop pretending to be something
you are not! If you will be honest
about yourself, you will then see
clearly enough to help others.
MATTHEW 7:4-5 (FNV)

6. We don’t yet see things clearly.
We’re squinting in a fog,
peering through a mist...
1 CORINTHIANS 13:12a (MSG)
For now we see in a mirror, dimly,
then we will see face to face.
Now I only know in part...
1 CORINTHIANS 13:12a(NRSV)

7. For now, it is as if we are looking
at a poor reflection in muddy
water, but then we will see face to
face.
For now, my knowledge is full
of holes...
1 CORINTHIANS 13:12(FNV)

10. We often slip into the mindsets
of three different professions:
preachers, prosecutors, and
politicians.
We go into preacher mode when
our sacred beliefs are in jeopardy:
we deliver sermons to protect
and promote our ideals. We enter
prosecutor mode when we
recognize flaws in other people’s
ADAM GRANT

11. ... We marshal arguments to prove
them wrong and win our case. We
shift into politician mode when we’re
seeking to
win over an audience: we campaign
and lobby for the approval of our
constituents. The risk is that we
become so wrapped up in preaching
that we’re right, prosecuting others
who are wrong, and politicking for
ADAM GRANT

12. If you’re a scientist by trade,
rethinking is fundamental to your
profession... You’re expected to doubt
what you know,
be curious about what you don’t
know,
and update your views based on new
data...we move into scientist mode
when we’re searching for the truth...
Thinking like a scientist...means being
ADAM GRANT

13. ...not for reasons why we must be
right,
and revising our views based on what
we learn...In preacher mode,
changing our minds is a mark of moral
weakness;
in scientist mode, it’s a sign of
intellectual integrity. In prosecutor
mode, allowing ourselves to be
persuaded is admitting defeat; in
ADAM GRANT

14. In politician mode, we flip-flop in
response to carrots and sticks; in
scientist mode, we shift in the face of
sharper logic and stronger
data...Scientific thinking favors
humility over pride, doubt over
certainty, curiosity over closure.
ADAM GRANT

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17. ADAM GRANT
The joy of being
wrong

18. ADAM GRANT
The goal is not to be wrong more
often.
It’s to recognize that we’re all wrong
more often than we’d like to admit,
and the more we deny it, the deeper
the hole we dig for ourselves.

19. ELIZABETH KOLBERT
Presented with someone else’s
argument, we’re quite adept
at spotting the weaknesses
... the positions we’re
blind about are our own.

22. We are almost always unconscious
of (the) internal obstacles to seeing
and understanding, which makes it
even harder for to us to address
them. We are, you might say, blind
to what blinds us. The name for
these unconscious internal obstacles
is BIAS. Bias makes us resist and
reject messages we should accept
and accept messages we should
BRIAN MCLAREN

23. In short, we can’t see what we can’t
see because our biases get in the
way...
(and it’s not) just other people who
(don’t) get it. I (am) as susceptible
to bias as anyone.
BRIAN MCLAREN

24. People can’t see what they can’t
see.
Their biases get in the way,
surrounding them like a high wall,
trapping them
in ignorance, deception and illusion.
No amount of reasoning and
argument
will get through to them, unless we
first learn how to break down the
BRIAN MCLAREN

25. I can’t see what I can’t see.
My biases get in the way,
surrounding me like a high wall,
trapping me
in ignorance, deception and illusion.
No amount of reasoning and
argument
will get through to me, unless
I first learn how to break down
the walls of bias.
DEACON GODSEY

26. You can’t see what you can’t see.
Your biases get in the way,
surrounding you like a high wall,
trapping you
in ignorance, deception and illusion.
No amount of reasoning and
argument
will get through to you, unless
you first learn how to break down
the walls of bias.
YOU

27. Confirmation Bias
pg.15-16; S1, E1 & E2; S2, E1 &
E2
Complexity Bias
pg. 18-19; same as above
Community Bias
pg.21-22; S1, E2; S2, E2
FORNEXT WEEK

28. Our Closing Prayer
Source of wonder, help us see with wonder.
Depth of mystery, help us find delight and truth
so profound that they surpass all knowing.
Fountain of compassion, help us see with compassion.
Bringer of justice, help us see with justice;
Revealer of truth, help us see what is real.
Holy wisdom, whose presence fills our ever-expanding
universe, help horizons ever to expand.
Light of glory, help us to see with humility and awe.
Amen.