About this episode

The episode discusses the potential pitfalls of having strong opinions that are loosely held, featuring insights from Michael Natkin.

  Strong opinions loosely held? This is probably not as good of an idea as it seems. Instead of producing confidence, it might produce overconfidence. Michael Natkin joins Tom and Russ to discuss the problems with this mantra.

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