Interesting because my fear of saying anything that Ivdidn't actually REALLY KNOW anything about came from me not wanting to sound as stupid as my parents. I was very quiet & shy until it was something I knew about. My home growing up never had newspapers or magazines to read & learn from & no way to get to the library because it was too far from home to walk to & my parents didn't read. I read as much as I could from school but it didn't get me informed like other kids in school.....so there was no way I was going to open my mouth & say anything that made me sound stupid. I just absorbed what I heard & analyzed it in my own head....glad that has changed....but have learned so much over the years from listening & researching things I really want to know about or just fact checking what people say.