How do we resolve the Brexit mess?

I'm not bothered if unrepentant Brexiters stay away from the thread. They've got nothing.

Let's just assume some are still out there watching, but still need more evidence of the crime before they'll convict (themselves or the perpetrators of their complicity).
 
Vic said:
I'm not bothered if unrepentant Brexiters stay away from the thread. They've got nothing.

Let's just assume some are still out there watching, but still need more evidence of the crime before they'll convict (themselves or the perpetrators of their complicity).
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"According to psychologist, speaker and author Guy Winch, most people who consistently refuse to admit they're wrong do so because they have incredibly fragile egos. They clam up and insist they're right, demonstrating what experts term "psychological rigidity", as a defense mechanism. Their subconscious feeling is that, if they dig in their heels, they can protect themselves from the consequences that might come from their imperfection and fallibility (e.g., being seen as weak, loss or retaliation). Winch also notes that some people go to extraordinary lengths in this process, even changing facts and convincing themselves of new realities in their own minds to escape culpability."
 
Didsbury Dave said:
"According to psychologist, speaker and author Guy Winch, most people who consistently refuse to admit they're wrong do so because they have incredibly fragile egos. They clam up and insist they're right, demonstrating what experts term "psychological rigidity", as a defense mechanism. Their subconscious feeling is that, if they dig in their heels, they can protect themselves from the consequences that might come from their imperfection and fallibility (e.g., being seen as weak, loss or retaliation). Winch also notes that some people go to extraordinary lengths in this process, even changing facts and convincing themselves of new realities in their own minds to escape culpability."
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DUP - psychological rigidity
 
Didsbury Dave said:
"According to psychologist, speaker and author Guy Winch, most people who consistently refuse to admit they're wrong do so because they have incredibly fragile egos. They clam up and insist they're right, demonstrating what experts term "psychological rigidity", as a defense mechanism. Their subconscious feeling is that, if they dig in their heels, they can protect themselves from the consequences that might come from their imperfection and fallibility (e.g., being seen as weak, loss or retaliation). Winch also notes that some people go to extraordinary lengths in this process, even changing facts and convincing themselves of new realities in their own minds to escape culpability."
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Not going to argue with that (although I would say that, wouldn’t I?).

I am pathologically self-confident (as I’m sure you’ll agree) and I’ve never had a problem with admitting when I’ve been wrong, as I frequently am in lots of respects. Always seen it as a sign of mental weakness when people get things wrong, and can’t accept it. Everybody makes bad calls - why am I, or you, any different in that regard?

The simple answer is we’re not.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Not going to argue with that (although I would say that, wouldn’t I?).

I am pathologically self-confident (as I’m sure you’ll agree) and I’ve never had a problem with admitting when I’ve been wrong, as I frequently am in lots of respects. Always seen it as a sign of mental weakness when people get things wrong, and can’t accept it. Everybody makes bad calls - why am I, or you, any different in that regard?

The simple answer is we’re not.
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I think I'm exactly the same as you, although I've never actually been wrong enough to test the theory.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Not going to argue with that (although I would say that, wouldn’t I?).

I am pathologically self-confident (as I’m sure you’ll agree) and I’ve never had a problem with admitting when I’ve been wrong, as I frequently am in lots of respects. Always seen it as a sign of mental weakness when people get things wrong, and can’t accept it. Everybody makes bad calls - why am I, or you, any different in that regard?

The simple answer is we’re not.
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Am too.
 
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