People, in my opinion, can be divided into several distinct categories.

Some people try to know what they are talking about before they talk about it.

Some people when they realize they might not know what they are talking about admit they don’t know what they are talking about and proceed in good faith to learn from someone who does know what they are talking about.

This makes sense to me.

But then there are people who don’t know what they are talking about, know they don’t know what they are talking about, refuse to admit they don’t know what they are talking about since their greatest fear is to be perceived as someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about and thus proceed to talk about it anyway…

This doesn’t make sense to me.

Wouldn’t it be simpler to admit you don’t know so you can go on to learn something new?

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