>>76707259 (OP)
1. master something.
2. always argue within what you've mastered. Do not speak authoritatively otherwise.
3. if you must flap your gums outside of your mastery, you can use deceptive caution
>>76707294 or honest caution: explicitly borrow another's words. "I don't have a strong personal opinion, but Mike Israetel says that you should take steroids every day, and I guess that's working for him."
4. when in a discussion about anything else, drag the subject back to your area of mastery. Everything can be discussed this way. Everything can be viewed through a lens of the only subject you have a very firm grasp on.
5. when wrong outside your mastery, easily accept it, and everyone will forget that you were wrong.
6. when wrong within your area of mastery, only very grudgingly accept it, after you have repaired your mastery and can criticize your own former positions from the perspective of your new positions. This will not be remembered as a personal error, but as growth of human understanding of which you are but a part.
#1 is the part you can't skip
#2 is the part that takes the most humility and restraint
#3 is dissatisfying. You will naturally avoid this.
#4 is satisfying like a drug, but people will come to hate you
#5 and #6 are normal adult behavior, but easy to fuck up if you're a grifting poser.
