The weight of being right

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ISBN: 9781764167239

Simon Darling

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English

Untold Imprint
12 February 2026

Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Social & political philosophy; Society & culture: general

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The Weight of Being Right is an observational examination of certainty, conflict, and consequence.

Rather than arguing positions or offering solutions, the book documents what occurs when clarity meets human tolerance. It examines how correctness interacts with nervous system threat responses, emotional regulation, power, and responsibility, and why being right so often escalates conflict instead of resolving it.

Drawing on psychology and behavioural patterns, the work explores how evidence fails when disagreement is not about evidence, how emotion replaces logic under threat, and how avoidance persists after knowing. It traces what happens once truth is recognised but action becomes costly: delay, deflection, justification, and the quiet redistribution of consequence.

This is not a book about truth as an ideal. It is about what truth disrupts once it appears.

The writing avoids instruction, reassurance, and moral framing. It does not seek to persuade, assign fault, or provide relief. Instead, it isolates recurring mechanisms that emerge after clarity, confirmation bias, defensive regulation, social destabilisation, and irreversibility, leaving their implications intact.

As the work progresses, being right is no longer treated as resolution, but as exposure. Clarity narrows options, removes shelter, and introduces responsibility that cannot be outsourced. The weight described is not emotional in tone, but behavioural in effect, accumulating through silence, misalignment, and deferred action.

The Weight of Being Right concludes without answers, ending instead with a single question that leaves the responsibility where it belongs.

By: Simon Darling
Imprint: Untold Imprint
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 68g
ISBN: 9781764167239
ISBN 10: 1764167236
Pages: 50
Publication Date: 12 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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The weight of being right

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