Certitudes and personal conflicts are not conducive to learning and growth
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I think it's a better attitude to acknowledge that we don't know much, to be ready to doubt what we think we know, and to keep a curious mindset. In every situation and every conversation there's something to learn
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If there's one thing no one knows much about, it's cognition. Imagine everything you'll be able to learn about the mind in the next 20 years if only you stay open to challenging views and don't dismiss out of hand ideas that don't fit your biases
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Peer pressure gets us to do the opposite, all too often… Sad!
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If you cannot bring that attitude from inside, start reading
#neurips2019 papers :P I have started to doubt myself completely :PThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Benefits of not acknowledging that you don’t know much: - You avoid becoming an arrogant prick who things s/he knows everything - You get less bored because you have something new to learn - You become an active citizen as you start start viewing authority with skepticism
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Do not seek tranquility in certainty but in permanently suspended judgment (William Boyd - Brazzaville)
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Similarly: "The one change that has improved my life the most has been to increasingly replace my opinions with curiosity." ~ Aaron Baldassare
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I totally agree! Indeed, that is what Socrates used to recommend as a method to reach the truth –at least as we know it from Plato's writtings– :)
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And where does belief stand in all that? Belief is essential. What to do?
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