One of the tenets of sensible risk taking is to be skeptical of promises and projections. Yet this is hard to do in practice. We’re surrounded by people (and companies) exaggerating their skills or knowledge or features — and we’re often guilty of it ourselves.
Questioning Claims That Are Too Good to Be True
In our information-saturated world, it’s more important than ever.
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