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Humility is the truth. Thus, the simple man has a higher level of intelligence and critical thinking skills than the average HN community member.

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And why do you think the single man is more humble than the average HN community member?

I don't know if the HN community member "rootusrootus" is "average", but his post certainly did not seem humble to me.

I would say I am smart enough to recognize how ignorant I am. I put more weight in what experts say because they have the years of education and experience to help guide them, and I won't get that from a night on wikipedia, facebook, or youtube.

> I put more weight in what experts say because they have the years of education and experience to help guide them

Unless those years of education and experience translate into actually being able to make better predictions about what to do than you can, they're useless as something to rely on.

Do you have a source for this?

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