83. Can You Change Your Mind Without Losing Face?

No Stupid Questions

社会与文化

2022-01-23

33 分钟
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What is the cost of admitting you’re wrong? How can intellectual humility make you more open minded? And will Stephen finally persuade Angela that rum-raisin is the best flavor of ice cream?
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  • This is B's.

  • I'm Angela Duckworth.

  • I'm Steven Dubner, and you're listening to.

  • No stupid questions today on the show.

  • What's the cost of admitting you're wrong?

  • Ooh, this is so uncomfortable.

  • I don't really want to do it.

  • No, no, wait.

  • Hold on.

  • I'm going to put up my grown up pants.

  • Angela, I recently had an embarrassing moment that I thought I could turn into a question for you that will not be embarrassing for you.

  • This is, like, my favorite thing.

  • It's gonna be embarrassing for you.

  • Exactly.

  • Great.

  • So I was having a conversation with a neighbor of mine, an elderly japanese fellow, and the shoes I was wearing happened to be this brand of japanese sneaker that I love.

  • I've been wearing them since high school.

  • Wait, what's the brand?

  • They're called onitsuka Tiger.

  • Or so I thought.