Ali Zaini

I'm probably wrong

It's very unlikely everything I believe right now is correct.

April 16, 2026

personal

My thoughts and opinions have changed before and very likely will in the future. That means that current me holds some values that future me won't.

Sometimes that's to be expected - the situation today will be different from the situation tomorrow, so my positions need to change accordingly.

But some positions I'm holding are wrong now, I just haven't realised it. That's just how things are, and if you're always open to new ideas and willing to change your positions (given a convincing reason), then there's no problem. A common addage is to have "strong opinions, weakly held". This feels like a smart way to approach things but if most your opinions are weakly held then you have no deep convicions. Some of the greatest thinkers didn't hold their opinions weakly - they held onto them with deep conviction no matter what.