How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

Consistency is the best marker of truth that we have, imperfect though it may be.

Pattern recognition (Patterns, coincidence, and personal bias look alike.)

Experience of people you know (Even more unreliable.)

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The Six Filters for Truth

Common sense (A good way to be mistaken with complete confidence.)

the nearest we can get to truth is consistency. Consistency is the bedrock of the scientific method.

The system recognizes that there are at least six common ways to sort truth from fiction, and interestingly, each one is a complete train wreck.

a specific system for sorting truth from fiction.