Topic: Never assume things, always Validate (Read 234 times)

We make mistakes along the line but at the same time, it's preferable to know them and look for means to solved them. Make we dey smart enough to comprehend our situation because things de change everyday, it's better to acknowledge our faulty techniques and change them as soon as possible. We go de assume things wey no go happen based on our beliefs. It's spectacular to know the risks, profits and losses involved before actually triggering such acts.

If not be laziness waiting go stop person to comfirm something before believing in it, assumption na very dangerous and that thing they always happen to many people who don trust too much, although me i never do mistakes wire person coin before and I no comfirm and I no pray make that thing happen to me because no matter how smart you are if god wish say something go happen for anyone it will happen, so make we just pray say make we no go do one yeye mistake wey go pain person or affect person life, because it is very painful say you release coin for person and as you go check your account you no see any funds, that thing fit make person craze for just an hour  .

I really get your point right mate. Some business people are relented to always consult the markets state of times before approaching with their clients. Unfortunate for such categorized business persons like that because they always falls victims of loose potential awarded contracts to them after they must had given unrealistic cost of the services and getting to the market boom, there goes increasements of goods meanwhile... They have already given expenditure costs to their clients.

Just like you OP has siad, only understandable clients can tolerate and rebargain with such vendor or work man again else the vendor/workman is either seen as one whom is unknowledge able of what he is doing or he wants to overbill the him(client).

The critical time term of such situations is that the vendor/workman could either lost the job or he would have to lost in securing a dime profit or can even have his own fund spent on the process just to get the job delivered as agreed if the vendor/workman does not want to stain his reputations at where you can not confront the client about the market changes after you have sealed an agreement.

Validating and diagnosing cases are very important and essential to be considered before kicking in to bargain an agreement, accepting offers or speculating rumours.
Staying updated to trends is a reputable authentication order that that erupts validations.

For this life ehn, e no good to just assumption or conclude on matters especially if u no dey sure of something or the person, because e dey really bring misunderstanding between people or e go destroy relationships and assumption dey cause betrayal too, so anything wey we dey do for this life, make we they sure of wetin we dey do first, mk we first confirm before we go assume if na true or not even for work whether online or offline work, e good make person first do research or go confide for professional before going into it.

I would not completely agree assumption is always a lazy man approach, it maybe but base on different factors. I did some research and get to understand assumptions is a synonym of speculation which we often use to determine the future price of Bitcoin. Life all this while has been based on assumptions, for example we often assume getting closer to the festive period the price of goods will increase, so we hasten to purchase what we need before then, it's just a speculation base on deductive reasoning. Assumption is just a guideline that will lead to the expected outcome, most Philosophers and Scientists back then, most of all what they discussed where base on speculations and assumptions no detailed facts to back them up and of a truth few of their assumptions are correct. It's not bad to assume on things but consistent assumptions without detailed facts can aswell become a disadvantages and create consequences of actions.

Exactly you have said it all. Na di way di assumption is used nai go make am back. If not in the olden days people been dey live with assumption to tell time by mere looking at the sky, of hearing a cockcrow or white garment church bands were used to assume the particular time of the day. And also in the Bitcoin prediction in the forum, users are using assumption to predict the price. Now everyone is assuming that the halving will occur in this months because of the previous occurrence and that might shift to another month just like what happened to the price of Bitcoin which everyone one was assuming to occur after the halving but before the halving Bitcoin has surpassed the previous price already and everyone was surprised.

In the p2p warning has already been given by the platform for you not to release the coins until you see your money in the online banking wallet or you account. So I don't think there eis anything to assume there again. I have encountered some of the vendors say they have paid but I have not seen alert so I would not released the coins until I see the money.

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.

Useless assumption na for people wey no get sense and for people wey no dey take life seriously. Oyinbo man say if you no get clarity of something wey dem tell you say, make you ask questions until you get the understanding of the thing wella. No go dey assume as assumption go make people think say you get wetin dem dey talk but in reality you no understand anything. Based on the P2P trading wey you dey talk, how you go assume say you dun receive money come dey confirm order when you never verify. If you never see money for your account through bank app no go assume go confirm order unless say you wan dash scammers money.


Una too dey correct, assumption in general no bad but na the way you take do the assumption na when e bad. There are times you can assume but you shouldn't rely on just assumptions when there are other ways to confirm what you're assuming. You no go assume say you go pass exam but you can read so you can pass that exam. You can't just assume say you go get merit for the forum but you can write quality continuation and get merited. Assumption and thinking dey different sha because those scientists are problem solvers and what they do is to solve problems with solution that the think are right and when e no work dey try another thing they think will be the solution until they get the solution.

Omo I agree on this this your term oo,because I have engage in a business deal,based on assumptions about how it works and I invested with out doing my visibility studies about the business and how to market the product and seller to buy it.this how I got involve and Couldn’t do it because of poor knowledge and assumptions.had to sell the stock at low price which is everyday a loss as for me already but Since that day I alway try to do background and the authenticity of a project and information before I engage in it.

I disagree with you. One have to assume to create the reality. Most of the philosophers and scientists used assumptions to create the unthinkable so when you say "assumption is a lazy man method to decision" then you turn to the then president of Nigeria who says, Nigerian Youths were lazy" when he has not tested them to do job for him. In my university days, there was a course I borrowed from another department and it is that, life without assumption is always misinformed himself. Like if you are going to pH from BY, at first you have to assume that if you left her by 10 am and you miss the car or rain fall that you miss the car what will you do? You go think of all these things first before making any decisions.

The p2p is not an assumption as I see it. But in reality. You have to confirm the credit alert before releasing the coins.

Assumption is like procrastination for me, you don't know what is obtainable until you validate it, assumption can put you into trouble, so it is better to do what you know how to do. Best, people make silly mistakes though it is inevitable, carefulness is what we all need to survive in some situation in other not to regret later, as a bitcoiner assumption should be the last thing you will ever encourage because  this may cause youl many things if care is not taken, assumption has deprived people life changing opportunities that's one has regretted so far, assumption is a destiny killer and we really need to discontinue it for us to move forward as people, as for there was mistake I made regarding to Bitcoin from that day I have been very care in other to avoid the repetition of such incident.

Assumption na something wey fit even land person for big wahala and so many times na him be the root of all rumors wey people dey spread because something wey you never confirm, you don fast fast start to talk about thing and before dem come verify or validate their am their response and action don already cause big problem for people. And one thing again assuming things can even make you miss out on so many opportunities because you no go actually know the time when better go don reach you as you go just dey feel or assume say na same disappointment but sometimes changes can occur that's why validation is really important.

Assumption is very bad and have high negative effects. Just imagine say something happen, and you confirm the fact, you just rush take action. OP, wetin you talk na true talk, a lot of things don go wrong and most we no go fit correct am because of say we no validate the information before we act.

I know so many people wey go win but something wey dey important to them for market, when them price am na last two months but when them come ready to buy am, instead of them to confirm the price again, them go carry that particular amount of money go market, and when them reach market, the price change, e go come discourage them from buying the thing. Validation is important before we make conclusions, so that we will always be on the right track, and make the right decisions.

Reading through the thread, lot's of things was actually going through my mind. I would've termed this as a hypothetical case but I believe I've seen it before.
While you were talking about people not seekig or confirming new prices first. Now let's consider the case of wholesalers and retailers, especially the retailers. Some of these retailers buy goods at a certain amount and while reselling, the actual price of the goods ( from the producers) drops lower than what they initially got the goods. Now my question is, is it right for this retailers to continue selling for the prices they got the goods or should they also drop the prices of the old stocks they've already gotten?

Confam, na my point be that, make we dey go the extra mike take confirm facts before we turn am to truth, come use am dey do our things and make certain decisions from it.

I been fall for this in 2021. I literally bought many tokens come dey think say I go blow from them. I no know say na father Christmas I dey do. Now most of those projects den no even list am, I just dey see them for my wallet doing nothing.

I don Wise up now, before I even mine any coin, I go take my time read the white paper to observe very well If the project get better roadmap, abi na some time wasters dey promote am.

Well, there has always been a popular saying I can remember vividly and it is, 'assumption is the mother of all f***ups'. That goes to saying that whenever we assume in any situation we deny the potential truth that could have been revealed and it is us, who get to suffer the emotional and heart aches too.

For crypto traders and investors, it is wise to always validate important details before confirming any transactions or making any investments, because we can assume that things will turn out right with the blind or ignorant investment, but success and wealth from trading and investments, is more of a conscious effort and surety of information than assumptions and whimsical guesses that would normally help a gambler or bettor more.

When it comes to giving of estimate for this current time, I no go fit blame any work man because wattin you buy today fit add price before tomorrow and everybody wey dey this country supposed to don understand that one say the price of everything for market dey on a very high fluctuating level right now. So anybody wey dey do like say e no understand when them tell say price don change that person we need to watch very well though some workmen dey wey dey are never to be trusted due to their krikoly movement so if na that type I  commot body because, some workmen fit cut your head with price whereas for market e no reach so.

Assumptions can also lead to real loses when you make investment based on assumptions. There are many altcoins that can be tempting to invest in based on the hype from friends and some other strangers on the internet, it will be a terrible mistake for you to make assumptions on a coin before investing because then the risk on your investments increases.

E get one popular talk that year for school, assumptions na the mama of fuck up.

When we assume we tend to misinterpret things either in a wrong way or a right way. But assumption is not bad at all. What i consider bad is after assuming those things we now draw conclusions. It is our conclusions that matters, which means we get to accept or reject it before raking approach. I noticed that so many persons are very quick to draw conclusions without finding if its true or not. When trading in P2P, whenever a buyer indicates that he has paid or release the coin, it is assumed that the money had reflected in our account or the coins have been transferred to our wallet. Without telling anyone it is compulsory to check your app for confirmation of payment before releasing the asset. In the instance you gave Op, the fault is not assumption but confirmation.

I really like your definition, assumption na lazy man approach to making decisions, infact anything wey we wan achieve something for every areas of our lives, e de very important to verify first because of had I known. Imagine say you wan send coins for person and you copy di person wallet address into your own wallet without cross checking weda di address wey you copy na wetin show for your wallet, if any mistake happen, maybe your clipboard malfunction or dem don compromise am, your coins don lost forever. Many people don lose plenty opportunities and others don waste precious time because of assumption, I don get one painful experience wey I get appointment with somebody, I reach di venue and call di person, im say weda I no check my message, say im don postpone di appointment, I learn very big lesson that day to always check and verify before I do anything.