probably the most growth i've made in understanding things is learning to notice in myself when i do not actually deeply understand something, even when there's a lot of incentive to tell myself I am in fact someone who understands the thing
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It’s weird to know you don’t understand something and not know a way to gain the understanding.
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...and as I get older, possibly wiser, I realize that I very rarely understand anything at all.
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A good heuristic I use is: I know nothing. Since it's false, it's hard at first. After that it's really useful.
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This is obnoxious. Either explain what exactly you mean or don't write at all. How am I supposed to use this 'advice' otherwise?
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I've got a few writings on awareness/identification of cognitive dissonance and the ways people resolve it 😊
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