Coupled with that I also tend to take the words of strangers as being correct and knowledgeable, a personal bias which I am slowly overcoming as I discover more and I am therefore better able to separate the crap-talkers from those with real insight. Man it came as a shock to me just how many people actually talk out of their arses as if they are all knowing... but that's people I guess.

In case you haven't heard of it, see Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crap. Including 90% of what you and I write.

The trick to not looking like a fool is to realize when what you've written is crap as you hit the preview button, rather than just as you hit the create button like so many new members :)

I suspect the trick to looking wise is to realize the 4 in 5 cases* when what you've edited is still crap, and then deciding not to post it after all.

(*) 0.9 * 0.9 = 0.81, or roughly 4 out of 5

In reply to Re: snakes and ladders by SuicideJunkie
in thread snakes and ladders by Logicus

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