But information and knowledge do not equal wisdom, and it is too easy for non-experts to take at face value statements made confidently by voices of authority.
On the other hand, it does convey an almost physical presence of the author, with his strange mixture of kindness and carelessness, overbearing self-confidence and depressive self-doubt.
A Chicagoan with the mischievous self-assurance of a renegade salesman-he can seem solicitous and scornful at once-he does appearances on "Rachael Ray" and meetings with the suits at I.A.C..
Many a time has the girl changed her answers in the test paper because she is not confident enough of herself especially when it comes to a critical moment.