My personal test for whether you’re my “cult leader” or just a good teacher, is how I react when I think you’re wrong. If they are merely a teacher, then I will sit down and work out exactly why they’re right from base principles, and I’ll admit it if I’m confused or if I think they are genuinely wrong. Given how many times in the sequences I’ve spent a few hours working things out, I feel safe here.
A good teacher says “here is something worth understanding” rather than “here is the teacher’s password”—it is a willingness to see one’s ideas tested, and a willingness to accept when they are found lacking.
A really great teacher is one where the student can reasonably trust that the teacher is probably right, because working it out themselves usually produces the same answer. I respect you because this has thus far been the case with you :)
My personal test for whether you’re my “cult leader” or just a good teacher, is how I react when I think you’re wrong. If they are merely a teacher, then I will sit down and work out exactly why they’re right from base principles, and I’ll admit it if I’m confused or if I think they are genuinely wrong. Given how many times in the sequences I’ve spent a few hours working things out, I feel safe here.
A good teacher says “here is something worth understanding” rather than “here is the teacher’s password”—it is a willingness to see one’s ideas tested, and a willingness to accept when they are found lacking.
A really great teacher is one where the student can reasonably trust that the teacher is probably right, because working it out themselves usually produces the same answer. I respect you because this has thus far been the case with you :)