Importance of questioning and evaluating confidence in opinions and intuitions

It is essential to question and evaluate the confidence in opinions, ensuring the reliability of data and the basis for confidence. The speaker emphasizes the need to challenge one's intuitions and question the source of confidence, as humans are often unable to differentiate between correct and incorrect intuitions. The speaker highlights the importance of having a basis, experience, and expertise to trust one's intuition, reinforcing the significance of conscious evaluation and questioning.