Education · FORTUNE
Fortune #42
Caution
An automated tool can suggest an approach, but a polished answer may still be wrong or cite a source that does not exist. Check the original source and explain the reasoning yourself before using it.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“ถ้าคุณปิดประตูไม่รับความผิดพลาดทุกอย่าง ความจริงก็จะถูกปิดกั้นไปด้วย”
— รพินทรนาถ ฐากูร
กวี นักเขียน และนักคิดชาวเบงกอล เจ้าของรางวัลโนเบลสาขาวรรณกรรม
- Person
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Source work
- Stray Birds (1916), aphorism 130
- Source text
- If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out.
STORY & REFLECTION
The Doctor Whose Work Needed Checking
The Old Woman and the Physician · Aesop's fable
In a fable, an old woman hires a physician to treat her sight. During his visits, he steals items from her house. When treatment ends, he still asks for payment.
She replies that she cannot see the possessions that used to be there, so she does not accept his claim that all is well. This is a story about trust and checking results, not medical guidance.
An automated tool can produce a polished answer, but fluent language does not prove that its citations exist or its reasoning is sound. Check its output against the task and the original sources.
Before submitting, open the cited source, verify a factual point, and explain the reasoning in your own words. If you cannot, the answer is not ready to use.
Reflection
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A small action today
Verify the facts and explain the answer in your own words.
A question to reflect on
Which part of this answer can you not verify or explain yourself?