Oh wait.. sorry, I needed a brief moment to stop nodding.. okay, there we go.I'm 90% in alignment with all you've written here. Oh dear, are we both wrong ? I appreciate the beginning comic that highlights the content. Oh, to jar your mind, yesterday you sent me the link to read this in my comment section . What follows is a bit of this and that but, I thought you might enjoy knowing it. I listened to entire Ted talk, which was better than most. I approach everything from that skeptical stance, I ask How do we know that, and frequently ask that in a conversation. I 'm comfortable with 'holding an idea provisionally.", and having cognitive dissonance as I work through it. Right now, I have that with Ai. I want to see all sides, and even when I do, I hold that end result opinion lightly, just in case I am missing some vital information. Yes, I have opinions but I listen intentional to others, if they are articulating it respectfully in a dialogue. I enjoyed your writing outlining "that all the time you are operating with various beliefs about how life is, and how life works, and what goes on, that are wrong. It takes a great deal of effort to think things through properly, and work out the knock-on effects of changing your view on that one issue. There are good evolutionary explanations for why we have these biases." It is interesting to chat with people who change their opinion and listen to the process of how that happened. . It always requires stepping back moving into the skeptical mindset, and becoming more analytical about the whole situation. I agree with you that, " Science is best thought of as a tool bag of techniques that we have picked up over the centuries for mitigating the systematic flaws in our cognition."
The entire section 9 (a-d), discusses curiosity and Education, which is my core passion. I'll be checking your site for more of your thoughts on this. I raised my sons, through fostering their curiosity and engaging in dialogue to create understanding. Oh my what wonderful those years were! Wasn't Feynman an interesting man, and you can see what a character he is in his books, as well as his lectures. So all this to say that I thoroughly enjoyed your detailed writing, and most especially that you had the foresight to send link with, '" think you'd enjoy this piece." I did. I saved it!
Hey-heh! Well! Thank you for your amusing and detailed comments. Since you agreed with 90% of it you are obviously a very enlightened person! ;-P
I'm from the UK, but currently living on my smallholding in Southern Africa.
I hope you find some other articles that are of interest, but I suspect this is the one that is closest to your interests. They are generally on things that are ALWAYS true, so the older ones (like this) are just as relevant - and probably better, since I "burned" with things I wanted to say.
But now I want to hear about the small percentage you DISagreed with!
Excellent piece. Reminds me of a discussion I had in my late teens with an elderly man who was retiring. He said, "No one knows what's like to BE wrong, only what's it like to HAVE BEEN wrong." (Sorry, Substack won't allow me to italicize.) Being a wise-cracking teenager, I shot back, "So you're saying I'm good, all my wrongs were in the past!" He replied, "Oh no, you have a lifetime of wrongheadedness ahead of you. You just won't know how wrong you were until you're my age."
Haha, another time he told me, "Always carry a pocket knife." I said, "Why?" He said, "Well, don't carry one and see how many times you wish you did." So yeah, I've thought of that old man quite a few times over the years. 🤣
I just discovered you. I’m grateful. Thank you so much.
Aw! I'm discovered! That's lovely, thanks.
Judging from the list of people you follow, you do a lot of reading! ... and there's a massive overlap with the people I follow too. :-)
Oh wait.. sorry, I needed a brief moment to stop nodding.. okay, there we go.I'm 90% in alignment with all you've written here. Oh dear, are we both wrong ? I appreciate the beginning comic that highlights the content. Oh, to jar your mind, yesterday you sent me the link to read this in my comment section . What follows is a bit of this and that but, I thought you might enjoy knowing it. I listened to entire Ted talk, which was better than most. I approach everything from that skeptical stance, I ask How do we know that, and frequently ask that in a conversation. I 'm comfortable with 'holding an idea provisionally.", and having cognitive dissonance as I work through it. Right now, I have that with Ai. I want to see all sides, and even when I do, I hold that end result opinion lightly, just in case I am missing some vital information. Yes, I have opinions but I listen intentional to others, if they are articulating it respectfully in a dialogue. I enjoyed your writing outlining "that all the time you are operating with various beliefs about how life is, and how life works, and what goes on, that are wrong. It takes a great deal of effort to think things through properly, and work out the knock-on effects of changing your view on that one issue. There are good evolutionary explanations for why we have these biases." It is interesting to chat with people who change their opinion and listen to the process of how that happened. . It always requires stepping back moving into the skeptical mindset, and becoming more analytical about the whole situation. I agree with you that, " Science is best thought of as a tool bag of techniques that we have picked up over the centuries for mitigating the systematic flaws in our cognition."
The entire section 9 (a-d), discusses curiosity and Education, which is my core passion. I'll be checking your site for more of your thoughts on this. I raised my sons, through fostering their curiosity and engaging in dialogue to create understanding. Oh my what wonderful those years were! Wasn't Feynman an interesting man, and you can see what a character he is in his books, as well as his lectures. So all this to say that I thoroughly enjoyed your detailed writing, and most especially that you had the foresight to send link with, '" think you'd enjoy this piece." I did. I saved it!
Hey-heh! Well! Thank you for your amusing and detailed comments. Since you agreed with 90% of it you are obviously a very enlightened person! ;-P
I'm from the UK, but currently living on my smallholding in Southern Africa.
I hope you find some other articles that are of interest, but I suspect this is the one that is closest to your interests. They are generally on things that are ALWAYS true, so the older ones (like this) are just as relevant - and probably better, since I "burned" with things I wanted to say.
But now I want to hear about the small percentage you DISagreed with!
Excellent! Loved it also !
That's great, Sandra. Thank you.
Thank you. A great read!
Thank YOU! ... this means all the more to me after checking out the very discerning list of people that you follow!
Excellent piece. Reminds me of a discussion I had in my late teens with an elderly man who was retiring. He said, "No one knows what's like to BE wrong, only what's it like to HAVE BEEN wrong." (Sorry, Substack won't allow me to italicize.) Being a wise-cracking teenager, I shot back, "So you're saying I'm good, all my wrongs were in the past!" He replied, "Oh no, you have a lifetime of wrongheadedness ahead of you. You just won't know how wrong you were until you're my age."
That's wonderful! I'm not surprised you remember it.😁
Haha, another time he told me, "Always carry a pocket knife." I said, "Why?" He said, "Well, don't carry one and see how many times you wish you did." So yeah, I've thought of that old man quite a few times over the years. 🤣
That means a lot: thank you!