Those who violate a logical rule can only do well if they violate at least one additional logical rule. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

[T]hey share the traits of the acute successful randomness fool who, in addition, operates in the most random of environments. ...[T]heir bosses and employers shared the same trait. They, too, are permanently out of the market.

Wisdom isn't about understanding things (& people); it is knowing what they can do to you.

SYMMETRY: A soldier was accused of stealing someone's food and eating it. The commander offered the following Solomonic deal. They kill the soldier and look into his stomach. If there is no food as described by the accuser, the accuser is put to death.