wrt: - *Ultracrepidarianism*
- *I was reading 'Think Like A Freak' by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner author of Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, and this difficult to pronounce word meaning - the **habit of giving opinion and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge or competence attracted me because the most difficult three words in English language are ' I don't know' and not ' I love you' (again borrowed from the book).* - *One reason is that saying 'I don't know' costs a lot particularly of reputation. Nobody wants to look stupid so pretending is safe. Also if you are wrong, people will forget over time. * - - *These 'know all' guys are in every field- politics, economics, sociology, astronomy, home remedies, stock market, child raising- to name a few.* - - *We live in an age of Google and information is flowing freely so the number of people saying 'I don't know' are less but then number of people asking advice are also less. Who needs an advisor when Baba Google is available 24x7.* - - *But then there are times when 'I don't know' is helpful like somebody asking for direction or unpaid advice. Hundreds of consultants live on paid advice. It's a profession.* *KR A point from the 3 books; freak with ending 3 books they had written; those so far did not read , may pl do; I have them with me in India my library; about these books, the famous Dr Hegde had spoken highly of. Pretention is to be avoided is the sum and substance. KR IRS 9623* On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 at 06:33, Chittanandam V R <[email protected]> wrote: > > > - *Ultracrepidarianism* > > > - *I was reading 'Think Like A Freak' by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen > J. Dubner author of Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, and this difficult > to pronounce word meaning - the **habit of giving opinion and advice > on matters outside of one's knowledge or competence attracted me because > the most difficult three words in English language are ' I don't know' and > not ' I love you' (again borrowed from the book).* > > > - *One reason is that saying 'I don't know' costs a lot particularly > of reputation. Nobody wants to look stupid so pretending is safe. Also if > you are wrong, people will forget over time. * > - > - *These 'know all' guys are in every field- politics, economics, > sociology, astronomy, home remedies, stock market, child raising- to name a > few.* > - > - *We live in an age of Google and information is flowing freely so the > number of people saying 'I don't know' are less but then number of people > asking advice are also less. Who needs an advisor when Baba Google is > available 24x7.* > - > - *But then there are times when 'I don't know' is helpful like somebody > asking for direction or unpaid advice. Hundreds of consultants live on paid > advice. It's a profession.* > > * Vathsala Jayaraman* > > **************************************** > *Chittanandam* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZopU-tVF0RCJf-sh-kAAwHvG2gXNpewqPsV2EzqTj_KxxA%40mail.gmail.com.
