When taken on a Personal Level the answer to the above question for me undoubtedly would be, for a whole lot of things, …..NOT MUCH, IF ANYTHING!
But in a few areas, I like to believe the answer is quite a bit. I was reminded of that perspective twice in the span of about three hours recently. Two separate conversations centered on a couple of topics that I kinda/sorta believe to possess some insight and understanding.
One happened to be on Test Taking Strategies for Adults. Texas A&M saw fit to award me a Doctorate after a multiple year study into that topic. Decades of writing and speaking on the subject has made me even more “Confident in my Confusion and Enthusiastic in my Error” in the area.
Another conversation dealt with Selective Harvest Strategies for Whitetail Deer in La Brasada. Again, nowhere near to a “new topic” for me after half a century of developing and implementing successful (most of the time) programs to accomplish that objective.
But after venting a bit to The Boss Lady she pointed out that she has tried to Cure Me of My Stupid for over a Third of a Century! And with very little success on some topics to show for her efforts!
I reckon the point did manage to sink a little bit into this Stubborn Old Brain of mine. There can be many ways to look at the same topic. And another person’s perspective may not “line-up” with mine. Most of the time I don’t allow myself to get wound up much on differing viewpoints. That is unless somebody is trying to force their way down my gullet.
Maybe I need to just state my view and let things go on down the road. When it comes to Politics, The Economy, Wildlife Management, Pick Up Trucks, and a whole lot of other “discussion points”, there likely is NO ONE RIGHT ANSWER ALL THE TIME .
Such an attitude and practice might keep some fences tight between folks on different sides of certain subjects.
But then again, going back to the start of this here Tale….
WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THAT?