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10 Poor Places to Look for Knowledge
Sometimes experience doesn’t equal knowledge.
It’s amazing how many people take advise from morons. Or if not morons, at least people who have no particular expertise in the field they are giving advice in. It starts at an early age.
Have you ever told your kids something and then have them do something else? I’ve told my boys stuff when they were around like six years old but have them express doubt about it because some seven-year-old told them something else. A seven-year-old that was fast tracking for reform school. Well, that’s only a slight exaggeration.
I saw a question posed on the internet that was interesting. It was “What do you call someone who gives bad advice?” My answer? “The defendant.”
Below are some examples of poor place to look for advice in a certain field.
1: Diet advice from Kate Moss.
Moss was quoted as saying, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” She wanted to say, “unless it’s cocaine.” Whoops, that’s not right. But I’m pretty sure super models aren’t the best source of dieting advise. Especially if they use cocaine.
