Dick,  (01)
Everything important is a judgment call.  (02)
> #2 and #3 are judgment calls, which only you can make for yourself.  (03)
No. There is a systematic way to test judgment. It's called science.
I recommend the following article by Richard Feynman:  (04)
 http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.pdf  (05)
Ayn Rand's writings are examples of what Feynman calls Cargo Cult
Science. What's missing from them is "scientific integrity":  (06)
> We've learned from experience that the truth will out. Other
> experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you
> were wrong or right. Nature's phenomena will agree or they'll
> disagree with your theory. And, although you may gain some
> temporary fame, you will not gain a good reputation as a scientist
> if you haven't tried to be very careful in this kind of work. And
> it's this type of integrity, this kind of care not to fool yourself,
> that is missing to a large extent from much of the research in
> Cargo Cult Science.  (07) 
John  (08)
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