1. Transcript for #rsaschulz - What the Hashtag?! Page 3
October 4, 2010
7:01 am commutiny Hopefully be seeing some of you at #rsaschulz tonight, "on being wrong" @
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gloryoffailure
10:34 am RSAEvents: Our speaker this evening Kathryn Schulz was on woman's hour this morning.
http://bbc.in/bR3usd #rsaschulz
3:59 pm commutiny RT @RSAEvents: Our speaker this evening Kathryn Schulz was on woman's hour
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this morning. http://bbc.in/bR3usd #rsaschulz
4:50 pm GreenSundays Being Wrong- listen live to the RSA event #rsaschulz live http://www.thersa.org/
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events/our-events/on-being-wrong
4:51 pm commutiny Hooray! Just reconnected with @lucyinnovation What a treat :) #rsaschulz
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5:01 pm benjaminm: Looking forward to hearing @wrongologist Kathryn Schulz speak at the #RSA on
'Being Wrong' #rsaschulz
5:02 pm doug_mather: Used #borisbike to beat strike, now at @RSAevents for #rsaschulz talk "0n being
wrong"
5:05 pm commutiny Kathryn Schulz is about to talk about wrongness with discussion chaired by Robert
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Rowland Smith #rsaschulz
5:06 pm katzish: .@wrongologist is addressing the Royal Society of the Arts in London right now!
You can listen live at http://bit.ly/cBm7ml #rsaschulz
5:09 pm commutiny The guardian review describes Kathy as 'forbiddingly clever & dangerously wise' #
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rsaschulz
5:10 pm commutiny Kathryn is keeping the camera operators busy as she has leapt from the stage and
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enjoys pacing as she talks #rsaschulz
5:11 pm commutiny You can download the podcast of this lecture from www.thersa.org in a few days
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time #rsaschulz #rsaschulz
5:11 pm shane_dillon: At @rsaevents for #rsaschulz on the topic of 'Being Wrong' http://
twitpic.com/2unjwo
5:12 pm commutiny Are any other Fellows in the House tonight? (@shane_dillon @benjaminm@doug_
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mather ) #rsaschulz
5:13 pm commutiny Our chair tonight is @RRSphilosopher #rsaschulz
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5:13 pm vivslf: RT @RSAEvents: Our speaker this evening Kathryn Schulz was on woman's hour
this morning. http://bbc.in/bR3usd #rsaschulz
5:13 pm ClaudiaBarwell #rsaschulz Latin translation of "error" is "to wander"
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5:14 pm commutiny RT @ClaudiaBarwell: #rsaschulz Latin translation of "error" is "to wander" #
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rsaschulz
5:15 pm commutiny RT @vivslf: RT @RSAEvents: Our speaker this evening Kathryn Schulz was on
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womans hour this morning. http://bbc.in/bR3usd #rsaschulz
5:17 pm commutiny Wow, @wrongologist is a champion of everything @gloryoffailure stands for http://
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ow.ly/2OcCY #rsaschulz
5:21 pm commutiny There is almost no belief we can have about the world that does not in certain
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circumstancesfail us #rsaschulz
5:22 pm commutiny Our brains are capable of misinterpreting the signals to our body. Wrongness
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reminds of the gap between our mind and the world #rsaschulz
5:23 pm ClaudiaBarwell RT @commutiny There is almost no belief we can have about the world that does
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not in certain circumstancesfail us #rsaschulz
5:25 pm commutiny If you want to get involved in UK based initiatives around #failure & wrongness
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check this out http://ow.ly/2OcXu #rsaschulz
5:27 pm commutiny I like the way Kathryn is linking her approach to wrongnessto the RSA's new
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strapline "21st century enlightenment" #rsaschulz
5:28 pm commutiny We should accept the idea of the possibility of wrongnessand insist on a space at
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thee table for uncertainty & error #rsaschulz
5:29 pm commutiny "What if I'm wrong?" is one of the most challenging questions we can ask
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2. Transcript for #rsaschulz - What the Hashtag?! Page 4
ourselves #rsaschulz
5:29 pm benjaminm: "We should ask ourselves - what do I know? What if I am wrong?" @wrongologist
#rsaschulz
5:30 pm commutiny Things get interesting and we learn the most when unexpected things happen.
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Doubt and error fundamental to innovation & change #rsaschulz
5:30 pm flowchainsensei RT @benjaminm "We should ask ourselves - what do I know? What if I am
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wrong?" @wrongologist #rsaschulz
5:32 pm commutiny #Failure leads to great insight and new ideas - along with doubt it is essential
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characteristic of creative #genius #rsaschulz
5:32 pm benjaminm: "We should welcome and accept doubt into our lives" @wrongologist #rsaschulz
5:33 pm benjaminm: RT @commutiny #Failure leads to great insight and new ideas - along with doubt
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it is essential characteristic of creative #genius #rsaschulz
5:33 pm commutiny Read all about it! http://www.beingwrongbook.com/ #rsaschulz
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5:34 pm commutiny Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind ... is more valuable and interesting
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than that of their discoveries. BenFranklin #rsaschulz
5:34 pm flowchainsensei RT @benjaminm "We should welcome and accept doubt into our lives" @
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wrongologist #rsaschulz
5:35 pm commutiny Stimulating stuff, now on to questions... I can pass them on if you use the hashtag
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#rsaschulz
5:36 pm commutiny In Being Wrong, Kathryn Schulz explores why we find it so gratifying to be right
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and so maddening to be mistaken, #rsaschulz
5:38 pm commutiny @RRSphilosopher wonders if the ubiquity of error means that we live in a state of
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permanent uncertainty and incompleteness #rsaschulz
5:40 pm commutiny Response: We can't have the capacity to be curious and creative without a degree
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of delusion and uncertainty (wrongness #rsaschulz
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5:41 pm benjaminm: I like the idea that science, not just art, celebrates error. Go science! @
wrongologist #rsaschulz
5:41 pm commutiny Provocative q - is Science a less mature discipline in its pursuit of perfection than
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the Arts, which embrace failure? #rsaschulz
5:42 pm commutiny Response: Science celebrates error too! #rsaschulz
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5:43 pm commutiny In the end, Being Wrong is not just an account of human error but a tribute to
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human creativity #rsaschulz
5:45 pm commutiny Errotica >> share hilarious, horrifying, and fascinating stories of their own and
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other people's error http://ow.ly/2OdRF #rsaschulz
5:46 pm commutiny Q: What's the difference between socially constructed right & wrong vs how we
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define it internally? #rsaschulz
5:48 pm commutiny Response: Right & wrong are not simple truths - often rightness is simply the
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prevailing view #rsaschulz
5:49 pm commutiny Q: Please tell us more about the 'joy of being wrong' & also the fear of admitting
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failure? #rsaschulz
5:52 pm commutiny The Risk Doctor aka David Hillson (editor of the Failure Files) is here http://
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ow.ly/2Oe8c #rsaschulz
5:53 pm commutiny From the audience "By publicly declaring #failure you demonstrate a commitment
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to getting things right" #rsaschulz
5:54 pm commutiny Usually an admittance of being wrong is immediately followed by a big BUT. We
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like to explain away our mistakes #rsaschulz
5:55 pm commutiny If you can say "I was wrong" and leave it at that, you get some interesting &
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gratifying responses < I agree with @wrongologist #rsaschulz
5:57 pm commutiny Admitting being wrong can result in a high price to pay (esp in politics) #rsaschulz
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5:57 pm commutiny Q: How do we deal with the blame culture? #rsaschulz
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5:57 pm benjaminm: Finally, someone mentions that being wrong is essential to learning! #rsaschulz
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5:59 pm commutiny A: Politics has the most disfunctional culture around admitting mistakes and
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uncertainty) #rsaschulz
5:59 pm commutiny This is a folly - we need leaders who can deal with ambiguity #rsaschulz
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6:00 pm commutiny @benjaminmPlease come and find us afterwards? You sound like a fellow traveller
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for @gloryoffailure #rsaschulz
6:01 pm commutiny A: The tendency to assign blame for mistake is deeply misguided, though we
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should accept responsibility for our own #rsaschulz
6:03 pm commutiny Any impulse to begin analysis of mistakes by assigning blame to people
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underminesthe ability to learn & change #rsaschulz
6:03 pm DanieVermeulen RT @benjaminmFinally, someone mentions that being wrong is essential to
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learning! #rsaschulz
6:04 pm commutiny The airline industry does not blame people for mistakes - it rewards them for
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opening up & identifying failures #rsaschulz
6:05 pm commutiny If you enjoyed #rsaschulz you might like to read the article by @addingvalue in the
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RSA Journal http://ow.ly/2OcHm
6:06 pm commutiny How do we achieve this culture change in other realms? (These folk can help)
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http://rsafellowship.com/group/gloryoffailure #rsaschulz
6:10 pm doug_mather: Fascinating talk at the RSA by @wrongologist #rsaschulz
6:11 pm sumit: "being wrong reminds us of the gap between our minds and the world" #rsaschulz
6:17 pm commutiny RT @sumit: "being wrong reminds us of the gap between our minds and the
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world" #rsaschulz
6:21 pm commutiny The Risk Doctor is chatting to the Lord of the Lobsters at #rsaschulz http://
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ow.ly/2Ofp7
6:38 pm JR0cket: RT @benjaminm Looking forward to hearing @wrongologist Kathryn Schulz speak
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at the #RSA on 'Being Wrong' #rsaschulz
7:13 pm LucyInnovation RT @commutiny The airline industry does not blame people for mistakes - it
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rewards them for opening up & identifying failures #rsaschulz
7:14 pm Daneel3001: RT @benjaminm Finally, someone mentions that being wrong is essential to
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learning! #rsaschulz
8:40 pm commutiny @benjaminmThx for chat at #Rsaschulz We welcome your thoughts on #learning
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from #failure. Want to write a couple of paras for our blog?
October 5, 2010
2:42 am kengkaj_s: RT @benjaminm "We should welcome and accept doubt into our lives" @
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wrongologist #rsaschulz
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