If you want the highest quality information, you have to speak to the best people. The problem is many people claim to be experts, who really aren’t.

如果你想获得最高质量的信息，就需要与顶尖人士交流。不过，问题在于许多人自称专家，其实并不是真正的专家。

Safeguard: Take time to distinguish real experts from imitators. Not everyone who claims to be an expert is.

谨慎对待：花时间辨别真正的专家与模仿者。并不是所有声称自己是专家的人都是真专家。

Think of all the money managers who borrow their talking points from Warren Buffett. They might sound like Buffett, but they don’t know how to invest the way Buffett does. They’re imitators. Charlie Munger once commented: “It’s very hard to tell the difference between a good money manager and someone who just has the patter down.”

想想那些从沃伦·巴菲特那里借用观点的基金经理们吧。他们可能说话像巴菲特，但并不具备像巴菲特那样的投资能力，他们只是在模仿。查理·芒格曾提到过：“分辨一个优秀的基金经理和一个只是说得好听的人是非常困难的。”