Discussions, post-mortems, analysis, inflated egos, and all that jazz.

I think it's something within us that signals that there's something unhealthy going on – that's the starting point you were asking about. And to better understand it and avoid falling into complete subjectivism, three criteria for understanding the truth were devised long ago: - personal experience - the opinion of a contemporary who, for valid reasons, deserves your trust (a competent person) - the memory of ancestors recorded in ancient books Think, compare, and try to figure out what is actually true.