Thanks. I think I was looking for that very basic statement of what is being compared, in order to figure out when it’s useful and when more traditional (but still rigorous) methods would be useful.
“other formal/deliberate theories on how to observe/act” as opposed to “stuff random people do most of the time”
Yeah, this didn’t occur to me. I don’t know anyone who recommends “don’t put much effort into understanding, just try stuff and see if it works”, so I didn’t expect that was the baseline that this sequence is arguing against.
Thanks. I think I was looking for that very basic statement of what is being compared, in order to figure out when it’s useful and when more traditional (but still rigorous) methods would be useful.
Yeah, this didn’t occur to me. I don’t know anyone who recommends “don’t put much effort into understanding, just try stuff and see if it works”, so I didn’t expect that was the baseline that this sequence is arguing against.