Proper Sampling

I made a mistake that taught me a lesson. There was an artist I liked and listened to a lot. I watched a video of him singing live and he was really struggling singing in tune. I assumed that he couldn't actually sing in tune and his recordings were all fixed to make him sound in tune.

Then I saw him live, and saw he had no problem singing in tune live.

I had to reverse my assumption. In the video I watched, he more likely was struggling hearing himself, which made him struggle staying in tune.

This taught me to be careful in making assumptions about things. I could have gone on my whole life thinking this artist couldn't sing in tune, and I would have been completely wrong.

My sampling size was tiny. Once my sampling size of his singing was larger I could make a more informed and accurate assessment.

We go through life labelling and assuming based on so little information. We often don't know the full story of why someone is behaving as they are, or if they are motivated in the way we think, or if they are "that" type of a person... We make assumptions based on one interaction or one thing they said or one thing we heard... And the thing is, that's too small of a sample size to make a assessment on.

Getting to know someone better, or familiarizing yourself with a situation fully is important prior to making assessments. Reserving judgement until all possible facts are known is something to work toward. You can only properly judge when you know all the facts. Not knowing the facts causes us to make wrong judgements.

Get your sampling, facts or understanding then make assessments, judgements or decisions.