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> I did not intend to be offensive, only skeptical and cautious. Cool, that's perfectly reasonable. > We are all guilty of it, no doubt. This might sound fac
by IsaacL 10y ago
> I did not intend to be offensive, only skeptical and cautious.
Cool, that's perfectly reasonable.
> We are all guilty of it, no doubt.
This might sound facetious, but don't you see the contradiction here? Towards the proposition "These are the principles Dalio used to achieve success", you are skeptical. Towards the proposition "people erroneously construct narratives regarding cause and effect in their lives", you have no doubt that it applies to all people.
Why not apply skepticism towards the second proposition? Maybe somewhere on the planet are people who are able to examine their lives without constructing false narratives.
The reason I am not being facetious is that skepticism is extremely popular amongst intelligent people, but it leads to such contradictions in practice (e.g., "I know that all knowledge is biased").
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoSkepticism about other peoples' ideas and values is extremely popular among intelligent people. Skepticism about their own ideas and values? Not so much. Ditto skepticism about skepticism.
- cpsempek 10y agoI agree with the problem you raise and I don't have a good solution to the problem. This may invalidate my position. However, per Kahneman, possibly some modes of thought are more susceptible to bias and to a greater magnitude than other modes of thought. This might allow for one to examine certain beliefs or actions based on one mode of thought with a higher degree of accuracy and lower susceptibility to bias than others. This is getting off topic from the OP, but you raise an important issue that I think about often but don't have a good answer for. Thanks for the critical discussion.