Feynman's 7 “Tricks” for Evaluating Information
- Decide whether someone else truly knows their stuff or is mimicking others.
- What you want is to get as close to the truth as you can with the information available.
- Knowledge is not static, and we need to be open to continually evaluating what we think we know.
- Ask the right question, which is not “Could this be the case?” but “Is this actually the case?”
- Not using the same data that gave you the clue to make the conclusion.
- The plural of anecdote is not data. We must use proper statistical sampling.
- Realize that we are missing information that we don’t know we’re missing.
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