1) things people just explain 2) things that make people mad and haughty when asked to explain, e.g. “read a 1st year textbook”
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I think the difference is not just that 2) are more basic than 1), but that 2) is a sign that it’s something core to an imaginary world
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being asked to explain (2) is like having to tell someone the rules of the game, breaking the flow
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it makes people REALLY mad when it’s about their main imaginary game that they use to define their self-worth
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When people get mad and say “jeez it’s so basic read a first-year textbook” I suggest doing exactly that
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You can learn hilarious, amazing things that are not at all what the cranky person OR the textbook author hoped you would learn
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It's tricky because there are two sides to this. Like, if someone is really going hard with Zeno's paradoxes, I could teach him infinitesimal calculus starting from the axioms of ZDC, but I'd just be reproducing the textbooks (albeit with the classic Rotem Eren improvements).
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"i don't want to talk to you until you've bought into the same sacred premises as me"
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