Second: I’m 2 years older than you, but reading your blog feels like learning from a teacher who has advanced in the path of wisdom an unfathomable lot more than me. In my own circles I meet dull and thick PhDs all the time, so my perception of your wisdom cannot entirely be due to your having done three times the education I have.
Your writing is the most careful I know. You know when you’re right, but you never come off as overconfident. Time after time, you go out of your way to try to prove yourself wrong. And you care whether you’re wrong, which is a rare virtue these days.
A predictable retort is that I’m not much wise myself, so what do I know. Maybe. You’ll decide how much to weigh the admiration coming from people less wise than you vs. the admiration from people wiser than you. But the fact that you get admiration from both groups must count for something.
First, happy birthday. Keep shining.
Second: I’m 2 years older than you, but reading your blog feels like learning from a teacher who has advanced in the path of wisdom an unfathomable lot more than me. In my own circles I meet dull and thick PhDs all the time, so my perception of your wisdom cannot entirely be due to your having done three times the education I have.
Your writing is the most careful I know. You know when you’re right, but you never come off as overconfident. Time after time, you go out of your way to try to prove yourself wrong. And you care whether you’re wrong, which is a rare virtue these days.
A predictable retort is that I’m not much wise myself, so what do I know. Maybe. You’ll decide how much to weigh the admiration coming from people less wise than you vs. the admiration from people wiser than you. But the fact that you get admiration from both groups must count for something.