I don’t think that having a conversation with someone who’s wrong is necessarily bad for myself. Arguing against someone who’s wrong can help me to clarify my own thoughts on a topic.
CFAR supports the notion that one of the best ways to learn is to teach. Mixing reading textbooks passively with active argument is good for learning a subject well.
What did you expect with “Very partisan / opinionated”? I don’t think that’s how the average academic expert would preface his professional position if academics would be in the habit of stating the epistemic status.
I was hoping that “very partisan” would signal that I recognize there are a sizable chunk of people with very different views on the subject, and that recognition indicates some kind of epistemic humility. I was wrong about that, and in the future I’ll try to indicate that more explicitly.
I don’t think that having a conversation with someone who’s wrong is necessarily bad for myself. Arguing against someone who’s wrong can help me to clarify my own thoughts on a topic.
CFAR supports the notion that one of the best ways to learn is to teach. Mixing reading textbooks passively with active argument is good for learning a subject well.
That’s fine, but can OP at least preface with [Epistemic status: may not know what I am talking about]?
What did you expect with “Very partisan / opinionated”? I don’t think that’s how the average academic expert would preface his professional position if academics would be in the habit of stating the epistemic status.
I was not asking for a signal “I am not an academic.” I was asking for a signal “don’t take this too seriously, dear reader.”
There is a big difference between having strong opinions and being wrong.
I was hoping that “very partisan” would signal that I recognize there are a sizable chunk of people with very different views on the subject, and that recognition indicates some kind of epistemic humility. I was wrong about that, and in the future I’ll try to indicate that more explicitly.