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No, I don't. Whenever I learn I've spent time believing something that turned out to be false I always feel a sense of regret.
by SapporoChris 13d ago
No, I don't. Whenever I learn I've spent time believing something that turned out to be false I always feel a sense of regret.
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- arnavpraneet 13d agoI empathize with this more so than the original opposite, more of a lamentation for how stupid I was
- somenameforme 13d agoThis reminds me of when I coach a kid in chess and the first thing I ask them is what they want to achieve. A fairly common response is to not lose. At first that doesn't sound unreasonable, yet the goal there doesn't require any coaching at all - simply only play terrible players! So too with knowledge. The path to never believing anything false would be to simply minimize the amount you learn, and certainly to avoid learning anything developed within the past century or so. It's not a great perspective for self betterment. Learning from one's mistakes is the path to improvement in most of every domain. Mistakes and falsehoods are nothing to regret. If anything, they're something to rejoice over. It's only the fool that believes all he thinks must be true.
- jamwise 12d agoHmm. I tend to have the opposite. With science usually the process of overwriting a credence means increasing understanding and getting a deeper perspective. No one is born knowing anything, and as we advance it’s inevitable to learn certain prior beliefs were wrong. Might as well make it a fun thing.