Over the last few years I’ve found that 1) I notice this problem in myself and others more and more 2) Reminding myself of it helps keep my identity small 3) People strongly resist not doing it, people are mistrustful of experts
My formulation: Oh, so you’ve overturned decades of investigation by professionals with your 30 seconds of poorly worded thoughts, watchout we have a badass over here. (note: I only use one this caustic on myself)
OTOH: there are areas where a cursory investigation reveals that no one has been doing much rigorous work and it’s easy to disregard established opinion.
Over the last few years I’ve found that
1) I notice this problem in myself and others more and more
2) Reminding myself of it helps keep my identity small
3) People strongly resist not doing it, people are mistrustful of experts
My formulation: Oh, so you’ve overturned decades of investigation by professionals with your 30 seconds of poorly worded thoughts, watchout we have a badass over here. (note: I only use one this caustic on myself)
OTOH: there are areas where a cursory investigation reveals that no one has been doing much rigorous work and it’s easy to disregard established opinion.