Colin, after admitting he'd heard of Alan Watts but not really read him: people are so afraid to say it that they pretend to know.
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- Say 'I don't know'
When you don't know something, such as who Alan Watts is, say so instead of pretending. Colin calls 'I don't know' the three most important words he ever learned.
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