One of the things that impressed me a lot about Vervaeke in this episode was naming my crux and meeting it. Like I talk about in Steelmanning Divination, often I’ve written off something for good reasons, and then come across a statement of the thing that says “yes, it runs afoul of X and Y, but even knowing that I think you should look at Z,” and this is a pretty compelling reason to look at Z!
Yes I also noticed that with Vervaeke. He would often start talking about something that sounds crackpot-ish or like straight up bullshit, but then immediately mention my objection and go on to talk sense. Last episode had an example of that with “Quantum Change”, which is something i wouldn’t even bother listening to, but he immediately criticized the name and said that the theory is good in spite of it, so I was open to hearing it out.
Yes I also noticed that with Vervaeke. He would often start talking about something that sounds crackpot-ish or like straight up bullshit, but then immediately mention my objection and go on to talk sense. Last episode had an example of that with “Quantum Change”, which is something i wouldn’t even bother listening to, but he immediately criticized the name and said that the theory is good in spite of it, so I was open to hearing it out.