The inability to experience regret is one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths.

If it is sweet to be right, then - let's not deny it - it is downright savory to point out that someone else is wrong.

We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.

without being sure of something, we can not begin to think about everything elses

The inability to experience regret is one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths.

Take away the ability of an intelligent, principled, hard-working mind to get it wrong, and you take away the whole thing.

The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number.