The One Skill You Can Acquire By Passively Consuming Information

The ability to say things that sound smart on the surface without actually knowing what you’re talking about.

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There is one skill that you can acquire by passively consuming information instead of actively solving problems:

the ability to say things that sound smart on the surface without actually knowing what you’re talking about –

and as a result you’ll often be confident, persuasive (to laypeople), and completely incorrect.

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