I agree that the 3rd part of the article was a self-help style, something that only works for those who happen to self-optimize in the same way the author does. This is likely a small percent of the readers, but apparently large enough to provide glowing testimonials for published books.
However, the first two parts are simply a relevant personal experience to share, potentially interesting and maybe even useful for some readers and so worthy of a post, especially if it was (less moralizingly) named along the lines of “How I learned to stop worrying and enjoy being wrong, YMMV”.
I’d also like to see some tangible benefits reported at the end of the article (otherwise, what’s the point of trying to be rational?), but that’s just me, not going to try to other-optimize.
I agree that the 3rd part of the article was a self-help style, something that only works for those who happen to self-optimize in the same way the author does. This is likely a small percent of the readers, but apparently large enough to provide glowing testimonials for published books.
However, the first two parts are simply a relevant personal experience to share, potentially interesting and maybe even useful for some readers and so worthy of a post, especially if it was (less moralizingly) named along the lines of “How I learned to stop worrying and enjoy being wrong, YMMV”.
I’d also like to see some tangible benefits reported at the end of the article (otherwise, what’s the point of trying to be rational?), but that’s just me, not going to try to other-optimize.