• Know Science
o Beware of Opinions
o Understand that science is never a “the”, it is always a “becoming”
o Be Humble
• Know all Science is Interpretation
o Use Good Thinking to make your interpretations
o Require Good Thinking from others who give you Science Data and Science Conclusions
o Remember science does not reveal “Truth” only “probability”
o Strongly require Good Thinking from others who give you Opinions
o Be Humble
• Listen to others
o Beware of The Great Danger — Cognitive Bias!!!
* It besets us all
* Yourself and others
* You are blind to it in yourself
* It is easier to see it in others
o Be Humble
• Consider the likelihood that Reality is Systems
o Everything is probably a System
* It has multiple parts in interaction with each other
* There are many points of view
* Each has degrees of clarity and accuracy
* Each has elements obscure and hidden
* It has many levels in contact with each other
* It is probable that nothing is just this or that
+bipolar thinking
+ makes everything clear
+ makes matters certain
+ and is almost always wrong
* be very suspicious of things that seem clear to you
* be very very suspicious of things that seem certain to you
+ go stand where others stand and
+ don’t contest until you can see what they see
o Be Humble
• Be full of curiosity
o Live with doubt
o Seek wonder
• Be Humble
John B. Carlile 