Saying "I don't know" is not admitting stupidity; it is usually just being honest.

[Atticus]

Some folks apparently feel that they should have an answer to every question; a solution to every problem. They seldom preface their statements with "I don't really know, but I think---" or even "In my opinion---". They make what sound like statements of fact.

Unless they were on the golf course the other day with Trump and his crew, darn few people know what the apparent meeting on the links was about. Yet, you could read posts here claiming that it was a nefarious mob meeting planning all sorts of dirty deeds AND you could read counter-posts stating that the get-together was an innocent planning session about alterations to the course.

I have suspicions and an opinion about that meeting, but I can't tell you "what it was about" because I don't know.

[Probatim]

1. The #1 response on any internet forum is:

"Now I've never done anything like that, but here's how I would do it."

Doesn't matter if it plumbing or woodworking or dentistry or brain surgery. Everyone knows everything any more.

Plus we have the View and pre-game specials where opinion and speculation matter more than content.

[sanatanadharma]

2. We need to be honest with ourselves about what we know and don't know

And in that clarity about the self that honestly knows things and knows also the not-knowing of much more, one can undertand one's self as all-knowing.

[Hortensis]

3. :) Compared to a lot these days, it's being gloriously, wonderfully honest.

And being comparatively incredibly wiser than indulgence in fun self deceit and slander.