Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Question expertise

Question those who claim to be experts. Question what’s labeled as conventional wisdom.

Experts can be just as mistaken as anyone else. That’s especially true when they refuse to show their work.

Don’t reject purported expertise out of hand necessarily. Do be wary of proclamations that have little to no supporting evidence.

At a fundamental level, truth and reality are objective. Yet the same underlying fact can be interpreted in many different ways from many varying perspectives.

Trust your own experience and the values you’ve spent your entire life accumulating. When something seems to be a deception, it probably is.

Truth has a certain feel, a degree of integrity that you’ve learned to recognize, and it can withstand endless scrutiny. Listen to the experts, but also do your own research and prioritize your own best instincts.

— Ralph Marston

Envy is a waste       

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