But I thought he was always right!
26 Jan 2005 
terribly early in the morning 
Matt Winckler
Doug Wilson has posted a good piece on postmodernism in his blog. In it he disparages anonymity and actually admits to having been wrong in the past (!). But more importantly, he makes excellent points on how we ought to present our ideas, how we ought to charge those whose ideas are false, and how we ought to respond to such charges.
This is not a word game. It is true that I always think I am right, but I don’t think I am always right. The former is not a function of me having a peculiarly dogmatic personality; it is a function of being a human being who believes things. Everyone thinks he is right in what he is thinking at that moment. And everyone, upon reflection, knows that this moment-by-moment sensation is sometimes wrong. And when the confirmation of such errors is brought to us the only honest thing to do is admit it straight up the middle.