Which hand do you brush your teeth with? Try switching to the other hand It’s not so comfortable, is it Now, imagine that the other hand is actually your stronger hand, It ought to perform this task better, But you’re not going to believe it, are you? You trained your other hand to brush your …
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What Is A NEW Perspective, Actually?
What is a NEW perspective? New perspective is one of the two things: Someone looking further, or deeper, or broader Or someone looking from a different angle, different perspective Looking deeper, further, broader, is a function of lens, is it not? And what are the characteristics of the lens? Maybe it can zoom …
EPISTEMIC LUCK
It’s not merely that some are smarter than others And it’s not merely that some get more lucky than others There’s also the possibility to DO SMART THINGS by chance So some people are born more fit Let’s just say more smart, not merely in theory but in practice That in and of itself …
Knowledge Is One Objective Edge You Can Have
Knowledge is overrated Knowledge will not redeem you, knowledge will not be your salvation And knowledge won’t do shit for you, you have to DO things yourself Knowledge is UNDERRATED Knowledge is underrated too Most people are ignorant cunts Most people are incompetent dilettantes KNOWLEDGE HAS VALUE Knowledge is USEFUL I wrote …
Knowledge From TESTING, Knowledge From Congruence – Epistemic Loop
For all purposes, you know something to be TRUE — if it WORKS. e.g. you know it’s true that your cart is useful — it helps you move logs It works and you TESTED it. But what do you do when you can’t test it? Well then you look for that which is already …
Engineering = Practical and Rigorous = Useful Mental Models
Mathematics is perfectly rigorous — but nevertheless too abstract Spirituality, psychology, are abstract yet tangible — alas hardly rigorous Engineering is the perfect marriage of RIGOROUS yet PRACTICAL The world is messy Some of this messiness is impossible to make sense of Those that pretend to be making sense of it are typically delusional, …
We Don’t Even Comprehend WHEN We Can’t Comprehend
We don’t know that we don’t know That’s why beginners think they are experts (Dunning-Kruger effect). They DON’T KNOW how much more there is to know — therefore they think they know ALL there is to know — therefore they think they are experts But Dunning-Kruger effect is known, go read about it, …
I Don’t Think I’m Qualified
“I don’t think I’m qualified” are beautiful words The observation of this text is not the rather obvious Dunning-Kruger effect Scio me nihil scire i.e. that the most ignorant are the most ignorant of their own ignorance the most incompetent don’t even know they are incompetent and that the most knowledgeable understand just how …
The Arrogant Are Humble, The “Humble” Are Arrogant
To be TRULY HUMBLE — you have to be TRULY INVESTED in your OUTCOMES and IMPROVEMENT Because only in being INVESTED, in having skin in the game and soul in the game — you actually care about the REALITY Because if you don’t get the reality right — you FAIL And you don’t want to …
True Wisdom Is Advantage Anywhere
True wisdom is an advantage anywhere In any endeavour No, being a scholar, an academic, an egghead, a nerd, a know-it-all — is NOT an advantage anywhere It’s rather a disadvantage An einstellung effect, You have some clue about some narrow nonsense made up fragment of reality — and you believe it gives you …