My optimal amount is likely 80 real, 20 meta. This is mostly because I’ve found that intellectual masturbation is easy, and trying to figure out the truth on an object-level issue is difficult (you actually need to do research), and so I default to the first one.
Incidentally, I think this is why “insight porn” authors are often prolific. It’s easy to generate “insight”—or at least, comparatively easier.
My optimal amount is likely 80 real, 20 meta. This is mostly because I’ve found that intellectual masturbation is easy, and trying to figure out the truth on an object-level issue is difficult (you actually need to do research), and so I default to the first one.
Incidentally, I think this is why “insight porn” authors are often prolific. It’s easy to generate “insight”—or at least, comparatively easier.