Comparison, metaphor — is like a model of a thing The purpose of a model is to represent something Model is of course NOT the thing itself It is but it’s representation It omits certain aspects of it — and represents other aspects In having a copy: theoretical or scaled down or whatever — …
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Absolute vs Relative Truth (In PRACTICAL Terms)
Let’s NOT go down the rabbit hole of how to DEFINE TRUTH, what IS TRUTH, etc, Let’s try to practically unpack the problem of truth Practically would entail utility, practical usefulness We could thus define truth as THAT WHICH WORKS This is good for start Enough to get us amazing tech Enough to …
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 …
What Really Happens When You Reject The Authority
When you reject AUTHORITY — you’re left WITHOUT authority (unless you can replace it with some other authority) Now unless you yourself are THE authority — then again: you are left without authority Therefore simple logical conclusion is that now you’re IN THE DARK Being in the dark is not bad It’s …
How To Traumatise, How To Not Traumatise
TRUE TRAUMA is when you are completely convinced of being INNATELY, DEEPLY, IDENTITY-LEVEL … DAMAGED Conversely if you’re NOT convinced — then you don’t care The likelihood of you being CONVINCED is proportional to your EXPERIENCE (confidence) in the subject -e.g. if you otherwise know NOTHING BUT SUCCESS — some idiot won’t immediately convince …
About The CONSPIRATORIAL
There’s the known And there’s the unknown The known you know to know, typically Sometimes you know without even knowing that you know, you “just know it” The unknown you partly know to not know, and partly don’t even know that you don’t know Now, if you know something, truly know — there’s …
The DELUSION Formula: Desire + Opacity + Insincerity + Compelling-ness
There can be one compelling HYPOTHESIS… or a BUNCH of compelling hypothesis -doesn’t mean that one is right -doesn’t mean ANY of those many are right We know something to be right because it’s not only COMPELLING and LOGICAL — but also it’s WELL TESTED –PREFERABLY IN REAL WORLD, EMPIRICALLY -but subjected to POWERFUL …
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 …