Yeah, I flinched at that part too, but for a different reason: it assumes that everyone else is honest and has the same goals you do. Hiking destinations. I ha

Yeah, I flinched at that part too, but for a different reason: it assumes that everyone else is honest and has the same goals you do. Hiking destinations. I have a longtime friend and hiking buddy who really likes tough, exposed hikes up to the top of something, with a perverse derision towards anything resembling a freshwater source anywhere along the hike. But he also can't stand mosquitoes. At all. So, he might say, "Don't go in that meadow, there are mosquitoes in there." For me, they're annoying, but I like little hidden meadows, so maybe I want to go there. And, also, there's a chance that you'll figure out something that nobody else has. You go in that swamp, even though someone warned you about the alligators, and you manage to avoid the alligators but you get a cut while you're in there and you discover that the swamp muck does something interesting with cuts, it actually disinfects them and helps them heal better. My dad used to say that a smart man learns from his mistakes and a wise man learns from others'. The older I get, the more skeptical I become about that.