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"... intentionally suspending a bias, belief or model in the real world seems to take more effort, ..." For most people this seems to be the case, but I have f
by AndyNemmity 12y ago
"... intentionally suspending a bias, belief or model in the real world seems to take more effort, ..."
For most people this seems to be the case, but I have found a way to do it regularly. I evoke empathy before logic.
By being empathetic and transporting yourself into another person's values, you then use your logic to deduce the answers and details from their point of view. This allows you to escape your own details.
I use this often. But I can never start with logic, I have to start with empathy. From there, I can then calculate.
You can do this as a thought experiment, and you'll find it becomes trivially easy.
I work with customers often, and when I work with them I just pretend I work for them. My desires and goals change dramatically from what I would suggest for them if I didn't pretend in my head that they hired me.
I also tend to distance myself from... caring?.. about outcomes. The less I care about what the result is, the better I am at changing my perspective.
This suspension of disbelief, and the practice of it allows you to quickly shift your entire world view. The shifting isn't really the hard part, the allowing yourself to shift is.
I hope this is clear, I feel like this is difficult for me to communicate well. I think a back and forth conversation would make more sense for this topic.