Impossible Is Just a Word
Confused. That’s what I feel as I read an approved proposal for something I was told earlier that “wasn’t possible” or “worth the effort”. This had happened a couple times, and I still didn’t understand why. After some more time this is what I’ve concluded.
If someone doesn’t fully know the answer to something, they’ll often make it up.1 And because I don’t know better, I accept their answer as is. In addition, because I’m not an authority figure, at least to them, there won’t be any followup, on either end. Bad faith certainly wasn’t a factor, given the people involved. It’s not really my place to push for things to happen in the first place, frankly speaking.
Ironically I first noticed this when I caught myslef doing it, and now I’m open to admitting ignorance.