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10 Principles That Will Make You Smarter
- Principle #1: Don't make assumptions
To see things as they are, avoid assuming that you know what someone is thinking, or that you know their motivations.
- Principle #2: Learn from multiple formats or methods
When you come across a barrier where you don't understand, try another way. Some learn better through reading, others seeing, others doing or listening.
- Principle #3: Learn to be self-reliant and to prioritize what is most important School work, government, and other systems have their own agenda, and their own flaws. You must learn to decide for yourself what is truly important to know.
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Principle #11 Engage in personal experiments with the world around you
Do not rely fully on the experiments of scientists or the word of the media. Science although very valuable to society, is not perfect. Scientists have their own biases and expectations, and their own careers to run.
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Principle #12 Value knowledge and practices that have stood the test of time
Humans are constantly learning and teaching each other the new things that we learn. But we have to keep in mind our track record. At one time we thought the earth was flat. At one time we didn't realize germs were spread through contact and that we should wash our hands. If you stay up t...
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Principle #13 Practice questioning the things in life that we tend to take for granted as being normal or sensible
Seek answers for yourself or from those around you. For example, consider your cultural traditions and practices, your religion the layout of your towns, etc. When you question deeply, you sometimes find that there are many possible ways to approach any given topic or field.
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Principle #14 We almost always have imperfect information on hand with which to make decisions
Pretty much every real life decision that comes up can go an infinite amount of directions. You simply can't calculate or know for sure what will happen based on your actions. There are too many variables. Just to name a few, there are reactions of anyone involved, unexpected setbacks (bad weathe...
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