I feel that putting your money on other people's ideas defeats the purpose of investing and it's a good way to lose. Plus, you don't take accountability and responsibility for your investment so that if it fails, you blame something other than yourself (your own lack of research)

I do pay attention to what certain people think and try to curate that list of people so that I'm not listening to hogwash. But I give weight to my own due diligence above anyone else's!