Individual people, sports teams, organizations, businesses, and government. What do all of these things have in common? Well, they have many things in common but one of them is that they all operate best when they make clear-eyed decisions that are based on factual information, and the best available evidence.

Think of how poorly a sports team would perform if they created a game plan while wrongly assuming that their injured star player would take the field.

Facts are our friends. They guide us through life, allowing themselves to be used for our reasonings but sometimes they also hurt us. There is one fact in particular that has been difficult for my ego to face and accept: I cannot hold my own in a fight against an adult bear. This is an obvious fact that is necessitated by how matter

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