It's just this: We seem to assume that it's somehow easier to be right than wrong. You know, you're considered a big person if you can "admit when you're wrong." And for the record, I will say that I consider it a virtue if one, in realizing they've made a mistake of perception or cognition, is willing to own up to said mistake and reconcile perception and cognition with reality.

But y'see, this bit happens to cut both ways. I think the insinuation is as if somehow conviction should just magically come along with you if you're right, or as if the majority will agree with you, or in some other reliable fashion one should receive some validation or support when their opinion just happens to coincide with what is Most Real.

But don't get it twisted, kids. I mean, really. Certainly, nobody likes some know-it-all who's right about absolutely everything and enjoys lording it over everyone at every opportunity. But, that's not what I'm talking about, as being right all the time isn't something most of us have to worry about. What's more, I would argue that one who for whatever reason gets some smug satisfaction from telling others how they're wrong all the time must inevitably have some inescapable internal flaw of their own.

But I digress, as I am wont to do. Allow me to give a really extreme and unrealistic example, to easily illustrate my point. Supposing that you for some reason started to suspect that your mom was a long-uncaptured serial killer? Or, maybe even better -- somehow you come to realize the President is actually the AntiChrist -- I mean, like literally the AntiChrist?

First of all, who ya gonna tell? And what's the point? If they don't see it already, what are the odds of convincing anyone? Really, pursuing either of those scenarios would almost inevitably tend to result in nothing but suffering and heartache for you, far more than anyone else.

Which, of course, is my point. So supposing... just supposing, I'm saying ... supposing that the whole world really is wrong. About whatever, doesn't really matter. The thing is, from the man-on-the-street to our powerful corporate and professional mover/shakers, to our clergy and military and press and on and on -- one thing they can all agree on is that what you're thinking right about now is just down right craziness. It's hogwash. Hell, even people who were born in barns have more sense than that.

Yup. But. Supposing you're actually right?