Someone who's failed has now learned 1 way not to fail. Someone who's been successful multiple times has learned the principles and what to do to win, which is much more important.
I agree with sssilver in his disagreement, but there's a nuanced logical flaw here that's not even being addressed.
sssilver brings up that someone who has experienced failure in x isn't necessarily a poor source of advice in x. Similarly, just because someone was successful in x doesn't mean that they have any clue what they did right.
A more defensible bit of advice would be to evaluate someone's credibility before taking their advice, but I can't think of a more obvious truism.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 19.9 ms ] threadSo I largely disagree with the opinion of the author.
Someone who's failed has now learned 1 way not to fail. Someone who's been successful multiple times has learned the principles and what to do to win, which is much more important.
sssilver brings up that someone who has experienced failure in x isn't necessarily a poor source of advice in x. Similarly, just because someone was successful in x doesn't mean that they have any clue what they did right.
A more defensible bit of advice would be to evaluate someone's credibility before taking their advice, but I can't think of a more obvious truism.