sâmbătă, 16 februarie 2013

Half truths & becoming a recognised expert



I avoid definitive statments, I always did. Although I have to admit that I like determination and security, but I also have to face the truth: we don’t know much. 
All today’s definitions and truths will be questioned tomorrow, adapted or erased. Especially regarding our behavior.

We see ourselves as scientists because we might have scholar education, we might have read many books, maybe we worked a life-time in the industry or conducted research studies, but still we are amazed by inexplicable behavior. We are continuously changing, unpredictable and irrational; reacting differently to events, sometimes utterly unusual. There is so much more to discover/ explain about the brain, our central unit of processing.

The good news: this behavior, if noticed, can be explained. However, some see the reactions before happening and benefit from their effects. To become an expert, this would be the most precious ability to be acquired.

So, can we actually say ‘I know it for sure?’.

Ps. I must agree that some old explications are true even today, but few.