The modified theory is that one should sometimes expose themselves to high-quality counter-arguments, etc.
You should always expose yourself to high-quality counter-arguments; after all, you might be wrong. That is the major reason I post anything online. I am too autistic to really be very convincing about anything, in person I tend to be anti-convincing (if that’s a useful term), so I have learned to keep my mouth shut.
You should at least consider them, at least if you aren’t getting too many. But my biggest problem, and I suspect a large problem for most people, isn’t too much good feedback, it’s too little.
You should always expose yourself to high-quality counter-arguments; after all, you might be wrong. That is the major reason I post anything online. I am too autistic to really be very convincing about anything, in person I tend to be anti-convincing (if that’s a useful term), so I have learned to keep my mouth shut.
You probably shouldn’t spend 100% of your time exploring even very high quality counter arguments. Rather, you should probably spend some time on it.
You should at least consider them, at least if you aren’t getting too many. But my biggest problem, and I suspect a large problem for most people, isn’t too much good feedback, it’s too little.