> Can anyone address the points raised? Don't get me wrong.  I appreciate all the studies and the work that people put into doing and presenting studies and discussing them here, but do I believe everything presented?  Of course not -- unless they they fit with my preconceived notions, further (or at least do not truncate) my career, support my 'friends' who will support me in return -- or further my financial interests. Why should I be different?  


I can't make out if you are being serious here. Aren't you the one who likes to say "if everyone agrees then no one is thinking"? I don't agree with any of what you have just said. 

To me, the first principle of education is to admit that we do not know enough about anything. Otherwise, why leave the comfort of the sofa? 

The second principle is that anyone can be wrong, we could all be wrong about everything we think we know. 

But, we have to act as if we do know, otherwise we are paralyzed by doubt, fear, and inability to decide. 

Finally, every opportunity is a learning opportunity, unless you are in a coma.

PLB

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