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"Assumption is a mother of every mistake!" false or true??

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Question added by Alema Misilo , Officer for calibration , MIBO Komunikacije d.o.o. Sarajevo
Date Posted: 2014/05/08
SMARAGDI FILIPPAKOPOULOU
by SMARAGDI FILIPPAKOPOULOU , Secretary , Public sector (temporary job)

Yes, in general and many times, people have the tendency to jump into conclusions before they even met a person. They make assumptions for one's character relying on his/hers race, gender, financial status etc. It's not the best thing to do because you don't really give yourself the chance to meet the other person when you already have an opinion about him/her. I have also done this mistake, some of the times I was wrong about the assumption, some true, it's not a practical thing to do but I think that is a human characteristic. 

zafar abbas minhas
by zafar abbas minhas , Freelance Writer , DAILY MASHRAQ

TRUE,,,, ALL THE apprehention are self imposed.

Journiel Zaragoza
by Journiel Zaragoza , Reciever , Alshaya

True, because  something  for granted our mother is the most important  in our life because she sacrifice almost24 hours having care for you.

suneesh thachakunnel
by suneesh thachakunnel , Document Controller , Kharafi National

Yes its true, if we have no real proof our assumption may went wrong.

P A Cariappa Appaiah
by P A Cariappa Appaiah , back office executive , Inspire Hond

Yes, unless , we don't no nothing means, we must assume, 

Alema Misilo
by Alema Misilo , Officer for calibration , MIBO Komunikacije d.o.o. Sarajevo

Thank you both for your answers :)

Smaragdi, that situation is more common within communication - someone hear or read something, and make conclusion based only that, without checking anything else

Asad Ullah Abdur Rauf
by Asad Ullah Abdur Rauf , Senior Safety Officer , Barari Natural Resources

No, I am not agree with the statement, because the police investigations and research where there is no data for conclusion as evidance assumption can be use as tool base on similarity.

Muhammad Hamid Munir PMP
by Muhammad Hamid Munir PMP , Senior Project Manager/ System Program Manager , Ericsson

False:

Mr Eugene Lewis Fordsworthe initially said assumption is the mother of all mistakes. He later said his earlier philosophy that assumption is the mother of all mistakes was flawed, and he recognized that sometimes good comes from assumptions.

Reference Link is given below:

http://scn.sap.com/people/bala.prabahar/blog/2011/05/30/is-assumption-the-mother-of-all-mistakes

David Huff
by David Huff , Executive Trouble Shooter , Topian Enterprises

21 July2014

The engineer is taught::

ASSUME = Makes an Ass out of U (you) & Me.

David

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