• They’re also glad to share their views with... - Deepstash

• They’re also glad to share their views with others, even though correct forecasts should be of such great value that no one would give them away gratis.

• They rarely look back to rigorously assess their record as forecasters.

Confident is the key word for describing members of this school. 

For the “I don’t know” school, on the other hand, the 

word—especially when dealing with the macro- futureis 

guarded.Its adherents generally believe you can’t know the 

 future; you don’t have to know the future; and the proper goal 

is to do the best possible job of investing in the absence of that 

knowledge

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