Thank you for the kind welcome and for the advice. I don’t intend to jump into discussion without having done the relevant reading (and acquired at least a small understanding of community norms) so hopefully I’ll avoid too many mistakes. I’m working through Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions now, and what strikes me is how much of it I knew, in a sense, already, but never could have put forward in such a coherent and cohesive way.
So far, what I’ve read confirms my worldview. Being wary of confirmation bias and other such fun things, I’ll be curious to see how I react when I read an article here that challenges it, as I’m near-certain will happen in due course. (And even typing that makes me wonder what exactly I mean by I there in each case, but that’s off-topic for this thread)
It’s a good article!
Thank you for the kind welcome and for the advice. I don’t intend to jump into discussion without having done the relevant reading (and acquired at least a small understanding of community norms) so hopefully I’ll avoid too many mistakes. I’m working through Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions now, and what strikes me is how much of it I knew, in a sense, already, but never could have put forward in such a coherent and cohesive way.
So far, what I’ve read confirms my worldview. Being wary of confirmation bias and other such fun things, I’ll be curious to see how I react when I read an article here that challenges it, as I’m near-certain will happen in due course. (And even typing that makes me wonder what exactly I mean by I there in each case, but that’s off-topic for this thread)