yes you are right. Guilty as charged. I have caught myself many times to crave for the simplistic easy answer and the ready made explanation. The one that ting

yes you are right. Guilty as charged. I have caught myself many times to crave for the simplistic easy answer and the ready made explanation. The one that tingles your ego suggesting: "How can nobody thought of that? Wow! I am really smart or all other are dump which is about the same.". In order to escape its allure it takes one or more of the below: a) self discipline which is not possible to have for all matters and domains b) external factors that force you to delve in to the thing at hand (a job) c) in specific instances you make it a hobby and you gain more intimate knowledge that can't be simplistic black and white.