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The "aha" moment is also a cognitive risk, since it's often the moment we stop looking for more answers. This is the premise of a really good article I reccomm
by lukev 11mo ago
The "aha" moment is also a cognitive risk, since it's often the moment we stop looking for more answers.
This is the premise of a really good article I reccommend to anyone, the Seductions of Clarity by C. Thi Nguyen (https://philarchive.org/rec/NGUTSO-2 https://philarchive.org/rec/NGUTSO-2)
- DuperPower 11mo agowhich is of course used as a trap by Charlatans Who want to trigger that aha hiding that they are the ones manipulating you. In fact the whole point of humanities is learning to build a shield and your own rethoric Sword against bullshit
- kirykl 11mo agoSimilar to this is the Thought Terminating Cliche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché
- vacuity 11mo agoI'm convincing myself that the root of all evils^H^H^H^H^Hpoor thinking and argumentation generally arises due to not thinking further and more critically. Those clichés are just some nicely packaged, ready-made products to induce this.
- more_corn 11mo agoThis happens to people when they’re stoned or delusional. They have a false aha moment and false, but deep certainty of their own brilliance. It is quite literally the source of one of our most dangerous failure modes.