The opposite of all the things I have done in this area would be to ignore the matter. Which I did, before I was interested in this. So that does not leave much.
The whole “it’s so simple!” shtick is what the cactus person and the green bat said to Scott Alexander, and what Val and others have said to LessWrong, and is the totality of liberationunleashed, but all I see is inferential distance and no attempt to cross it. (I am not demanding that you make such an attempt.) Of all the things that I know, I would not try to teach any of them by saying how simple it is and how all you need to do is not do, and drop all assumptions, and just see the truth of the matter, and conquer your fear, and [cont’d p.94]
There’s a reason that these things sound like repeating advice. And it’s because from the other side of the inferential distance they sound like the right advice.
It’s frustrating from this vantage point too.
I guess you don’t need to worry until someone with a better description comes along.
The opposite of all the things I have done in this area would be to ignore the matter. Which I did, before I was interested in this. So that does not leave much.
The whole “it’s so simple!” shtick is what the cactus person and the green bat said to Scott Alexander, and what Val and others have said to LessWrong, and is the totality of liberationunleashed, but all I see is inferential distance and no attempt to cross it. (I am not demanding that you make such an attempt.) Of all the things that I know, I would not try to teach any of them by saying how simple it is and how all you need to do is not do, and drop all assumptions, and just see the truth of the matter, and conquer your fear, and [cont’d p.94]
There’s a reason that these things sound like repeating advice. And it’s because from the other side of the inferential distance they sound like the right advice.
It’s frustrating from this vantage point too.
I guess you don’t need to worry until someone with a better description comes along.