In praise of doubt: we should be less sure about everything. Right?

In praise of doubt: we should be less sure about everything. Right?

Here’s a rule of thumb I use when evaluating information from a field I know little about: Trust the people who doubt. The Correspondent’s «Numeracy correspondent» wrote a beautiful ode to doubting and explains why people who doubt tend to make better decisions.


From Weekly Filet #308, in June 2020. More on: #

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