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This is the problem. Repeating things you heard somewhere without first verifying them.

Now is the time to ask yourself - what other things have I been repeating that I haven’t verified?

I will say I appreciate your willingness to admit the mistake though. It’s refreshing.

For sure. I'm interested in the truth, not in winning an argument. Recent times have resulted in a bombardment of information from an overwhelming number of sources, so I find my standards slipping here and there due to not having the time to verify everything. But that's fine. My theory is that adults learn slower than children in part due to fear of being wrong, and I have no interest in learning slowly. And here we are: I've learned something, and you're feeling refreshed ;). Not a bad outcome.

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