To be honest, a simple validation does not take much, it might be a simple call to the right person, a mail, or simply moving from your office to the superior's office to seek clarity. Assumption is a lazy man's thing, save from experimental procedures which has no means of validation, we are encouraged to always validate our information before making it a basis for decision making.
Lets share our thoughts on this, and also our experiences with the lazy man assumption.
How I wish Nigerians can have the culture of validating and sieving whatever information that comes to their table. That will help us a lot in curbing misinformation and false news that have caused hatred between Nigerians and communities. Most Nigerians base their arguments on assumptions and have never taken it upon themselves to validate or solidify whatever claims that they have heard about something.
Rather, we immediately feast on whatever information we see out there on the internet, on the TV cables, and on the social media platforms. Hence, is why in Nigeria, there are always 10 different sides of the coin to a story. Because everybody fabricates its own version that suits into him and share it out there. Instead of you and I to validate their claims, we go ahead and consume them and even share it out there to others that do not know or not in tune with the trend.
This evening, I engaged someone about Bitcoin technology and I got to realize that that person is amongst several other Nigerians who see Bitcoin as a platform for scamming people. And I was bamboozled and perplexed by her assumption. Then I had to take my time to explain to her what Bitcoin really stands for. And by doing that she was able to change her mind. And accept the reality. This is the same thing I am talking about.