AS YOU GET OLDER AND WISER, YOU START REALIZING THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU AMASS SOME KNOWLEDGE AND START FINDING YOURSELF IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE THAT
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
ARMED WITH THE FACTS, YOU STAND THERE AND LISTEN TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW DOESN'T HAVE THE FACTS. THIS PERSON
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT KNOWING WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THIS SITUATION. HERE IS WHAT YOU DO...
1. DON'T START ARGUING WITH THEM. JUST SHUT UP AND STAY WITHIN YOURSELF LONG ENOUGH TO END THIS ENCOUNTER PLEASANTLY.
2. MAKE A NOTE TO YOURSELF THAT THIS PERSON
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
3. IN ALL FUTURE ENCOUNTERS WITH THIS PERSON, REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT WHAT THE SUBJECT MATTER IS, THIS PERSON
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BE ALERT AND CAREFUL TO WEIGH THE STATEMENTS THEY MAKE. ESPECIALLY IF IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T.
4. MAKE AN EFFORT TO AVOID THESE PEOPLE, INSURE THAT NONE OF THEM FIND THEIR WAY INTO YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE.
THESE PEOPLE WILL BE THE ONES THAT IMPART THE BAD INFORMATION AT A TIME WHEN GOOD INFORMATION IS CRITICAL. YOUR RELIANCE ON THIS INFORMATION WILL BE THE REASON THAT, IN THAT MOMENT, YOU FIND YOURSELF IN SOME SORT OF A JAM.
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT!
IF YOUR LUCKY, IT WON'T BE A SERIOUS (CATASTROPHIC) SITUATION. BUT YOUR NOT LUCKY. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO BE SMART. BECAUSE IT'S BETTER AND MORE RELIABLE THAN LUCKY.