That's me in a nutshell, and I will stay that way forever.
What if you wouldn't have sufficient knowledge and understanding of a topic yet you'd still speak your mind? Wouldn't it give you room to improve your knowledge and understanding of a topic by reflecting on the recieved criticism?I like to speak my mind, so long as I feel I have sufficient knowledge and understanding of a topic so that I can withstand any criticism.
That's a really good point. I suppose I'm typically afraid to speak my mind if I don't know enough or if others clearly know more. Perhaps it's a matter of humility, but it's potentially a matter of pride.What if you wouldn't have sufficient knowledge and understanding of a topic yet you'd still speak your mind? Wouldn't it give you room to improve your knowledge and understanding of a topic by reflecting on the recieved criticism?
I can see the potential benefits of getting the position I'm taking on the topic completely destroyed, so that I could build a better one. But I still feel bad when it gets destroyed. I don't know yet for sure if it's the fear of being percieved as ignorant, if it's the emotional attachment to an already established position, or something else.
I think this is actually a good idea, and I haven't considered it before. I tend to overreact when recieving reacts, and feel compelled to return the score. Maybe the absence of react alerts would keep me levelheaded, be more at ease with my posts, as well as the reacts I give.I suggest that because I don't get notifications of reacts...