TRUE DOUBTER

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TRUE DOUBTER

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Things used to be a lot simpler

An expert gave an opinion and I believed it

Because he or she was an expert

But no more!

Now that life has turned me into a stone cold skeptic

I immediately ask "Who is this expert?

What qualifies them for rendering an opinion?"

I look up their credentials

To see if I can credit their credibility

I look up the studies the expert referenced

To see if these are trusted sources

Which are getting farther and farther apart

I look for opinions that disagree with the expert

Researching their credentials and the studies they used

All this is a lot of work, using up my limited time

And enthusiasm

So mostly I just proceed slowly

Evaluating along the way, ready to change direction

If I spot a problem lurking in the bushes

Just like my caveman ancestors who had no experts

To guide them through the wild, no expert except

Finely tuned hypervigilance and a strong survival instinct.

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