What I've learned

I think If I had to pick the one most important thing I've learned this year it would be this.  Mistrust.  You can't trust anything you see, no matter how replicable it may seem you always have to question.  I'm not talking about people here incase you weren't sure.  I'm talking about information.  Everything these days seems to have a twist.  Even "cold hard science" isn't as reputable as it may have you believe.  For instance, did you know that many people question the reputability of carbon-14 dating?  Or how about the fact that science talks about theories as if they will never be disproved?  Even in the field of psychology facts can be misleading.  Most research is done through surveys, but you have to question many things just to make sure the survey actually has weight.  For instance, I could give a survey about a new car asking customer's satisfaction and get outstanding results.  It would appear as if I had the best car in the world, but just who did I ask?  If I only asked employees of my company then you, as the consumer, may start to have some doubts about just how good the car actually is.  Even the news can be biased.  So much these days is uncertain, its no wonder my generation supposedly is the generation of an identity crisis.  The world is not always as it appears.