I had originally titled this post "the fallacy of experience" but realized that I was wrong. Experience is valuable and important, but it can be misunderstood. A person who claims to know the answer to a problem, and proclaims that the basis for being right is because of experience, may be operating under a delusion. A person who suggests an answer to a problem, and is careful to qualify that answer, demonstrates true experience. Hubris is a currency that earns interest as the result of time and experience. The experienced person may jump to the conclusion that success is a consequence of the learning process and may not be willing to accept serendipity in its most pure state.
This is a building in Afghanistan. I'm not sure that all the king's horses could put this back together again.
(Actually, its restoration would be a fairly straightforward affair, but it would require a dramatic change in the political and economic condition of the nation.)
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