Maps are useful If you use it.
It happens to me a lot when I go places I ignore Google Maps’ change the route recommendations. I keep saying “Oh, I know what I am doing, Google Maps just mixed up”.
Guess what happens mostly? Maps are right those recommendations. They are getting data from a variety of sources. They do all calculations and comparisons in multi seconds.
Why am I behaving like this? Because I’m blinded by my built-up knowledge which has been fed by only “my” previous experiences.
What this example tell us?
I think for any topic or idea, we should do research and learn from multiple sources. The more we can expand our vision, we can come up with better conclusions.