On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:54:23 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:

> Instinctive certainties, however, are wrong more than half the time.

Citation?

> People that act on such certainties tend to die, doing stupid things,
> which they where *certain* would work. The point of knowledge is, in
> part, to make you stop and go, "Huh, could I possibly be wrong about
> this?" lol

Knowledge doesn't imply self-examination.  Intelligence does.  Knowledge 
and intelligence are two different things.

Jim

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