At least we're not in NATO... "Yesterday I received a message from a passionately ambitious political scientist with strong opinions who wanted to discuss NATO with me. Now, I don't usually talk to random people who messaged me, but I felt it would be worth it. And I was right. Eventually, we got to the point where we started talking about his country, Norway. After a series of particularly grandiose statements, he said "... At least we're not in NATO. "Was?! Please wait! You sure are bro. In fact, Norway is a founding member of NATO. This is where I realized that talking to this person is not worth my time. Not that there weren't red flags before this point, but hey, I guess I was in a good mood. So why am I telling you all this? While this is an extreme example, I see it all the time. Many people have strong opinions about things they know nothing about. If you want to be taken seriously by anyone, you should probably learn something about the topic you want to cover. bowl!

At least we're not in NATO... "Yesterday I received a message from a passionately ambitious political scientist with strong opinions who wanted to discuss NATO with me. Now, I don't usually talk to random people who messaged me, but I felt it would be worth it. And I was right. Eventually, we got to the point where we started talking about his country, Norway. After a series of particularly grandiose statements, he said "... At least we're not in NATO. "Was?! Please wait! You sure are bro. In fact, Norway is a founding member of NATO. This is where I realized that talking to this person is not worth my time. Not that there weren't red flags before this point, but hey, I guess I was in a good mood. So why am I telling you all this? While this is an extreme example, I see it all the time. Many people have strong opinions about things they know nothing about. If you want to be taken seriously by anyone, you should probably learn something about the topic you want to cover. bowl!