Think of how often a person's reputation does not match your own experience with the person.
I've heard of people who were not to be trusted and yet when I worked with them, they were professional and honest. I won't even bother to count the number of times so-called brilliant people turned out to be less so. The "wild mavericks" may turn out to be very reasonable.
I've concluded two things:
- It is wise to form your own opinion of a person. Beware of relying solely on reputation.
- People are seldom completely one way or another. Today's genius can be tomorrow's fool. We need only to look into the mirror to see someone who is capable of significant swings in terms of competence. [I write as someone who is routinely humbled by his lack of knowledge.]
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