I get accused of using google all the time. APRIL. Though I don't, and here is an explanation.
Half the trick to not looking like a retard is to not open your mouth about that which you don't know. You'll never recover credibility after saying a false fact. If one limits themselves to speaking about only what they know, it simply looks like on is ignoring some topics in favour of others.
That is the sleigh of hand. 99% of you cant handle this though. It does require that you admit (to yourself) that you don't know somethings well enough to talk about them intelligently. It also frequently requires that you admit you don't know as much as someone else a lot of the time. Therefore you should approach topics with caution, humbleness, to actually learn something. Most people are just too egotistical to do this in front of people who are otherwise their peers.
The other half, having to do with memory, is being able to remember everything you see or hear. Being able to recall whole passages of text is a valuable skill. There are a hundred different ways to do this.
Correct recall is the real talent. I couldnt explain it except that it's intuitive. If someone says "Tell me what was written on this page of this book" I couldnt. If someone says a topic, I can remember that something related to that topic was written on such and such a page of such and such a book.
Evaluating the reliability of information is important but I dont feel like typing anymore.
So tell us how you do it, or post something at least semi related.
Half the trick to not looking like a retard is to not open your mouth about that which you don't know. You'll never recover credibility after saying a false fact. If one limits themselves to speaking about only what they know, it simply looks like on is ignoring some topics in favour of others.
That is the sleigh of hand. 99% of you cant handle this though. It does require that you admit (to yourself) that you don't know somethings well enough to talk about them intelligently. It also frequently requires that you admit you don't know as much as someone else a lot of the time. Therefore you should approach topics with caution, humbleness, to actually learn something. Most people are just too egotistical to do this in front of people who are otherwise their peers.
The other half, having to do with memory, is being able to remember everything you see or hear. Being able to recall whole passages of text is a valuable skill. There are a hundred different ways to do this.
Correct recall is the real talent. I couldnt explain it except that it's intuitive. If someone says "Tell me what was written on this page of this book" I couldnt. If someone says a topic, I can remember that something related to that topic was written on such and such a page of such and such a book.
Evaluating the reliability of information is important but I dont feel like typing anymore.
So tell us how you do it, or post something at least semi related.
