Young people would benefit a lot more if they defaulted to forming and defending an opinion in real-time. I would rather say what I think and find out how wrong I am than keep waiting for more data.
This thought came to me during a walk to class. A good professor of mine would show us a graph with a blurred out title. He’d ask for our initial observations or what we think it represents. Even that is intimidating for most because no one wants to say something stupid or too simple. This idea that you can’t have conviction and update your beliefs later needs to be unlearnt.
Young people would benefit a lot more if they defaulted to forming and defending an opinion in real-time. I would rather say what I think and find out how wrong I am than keep waiting for more data.
This thought came to me during a walk to class. A good professor of mine would show us a graph with a blurred out title. He’d ask for our initial observations or what we think it represents. Even that is intimidating for most because no one wants to say something stupid or too simple. This idea that you can’t have conviction and update your beliefs later needs to be unlearnt.