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What does it mean?
Confidence does not guarantee correctness.
In plain terms
Being sure doesn't make you correct.
What can you take from it?
Certainty is not evidence.

Where it applies

  • debates
  • arguments
  • decision making

Putting it to work

  • checking facts
  • humbling opinions
  • seeking evidence

Questions to consider

  • When did you think being sure was enough?
  • What proves rightness?

Another view

Sometimes being sure helps you decide quickly under pressure.

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