I’m not sure what I said that you’re interpreting as my having said “probably important”.
Hah
I got it from here:
I agree that there’s a way for him to rearrange his relationship to the situation such that truth-seeking isn’t bad anymore. Strong agree. I think developing that type of rearrangement is probably an important part of a mature art of rationality.
Ah yeah. Definitely a case of understatement on my part. My gut sense is more like “Obviously this is absolutely fucking critical and its neglect is one of the key things that’s been holding back real development of this art and the community that’s been trying to practice it for well over a decade.” But I think my stating it that way would tend to create more defensiveness than clarity, and we’d end up in a quagmire of argument that has more to do with feelings and social status than truth. The understated thing is at least true, and I think respects the cultural norms around shared epistemology better.
Hah
I got it from here:
Ah yeah. Definitely a case of understatement on my part. My gut sense is more like “Obviously this is absolutely fucking critical and its neglect is one of the key things that’s been holding back real development of this art and the community that’s been trying to practice it for well over a decade.” But I think my stating it that way would tend to create more defensiveness than clarity, and we’d end up in a quagmire of argument that has more to do with feelings and social status than truth. The understated thing is at least true, and I think respects the cultural norms around shared epistemology better.