Rather, I’m confident that executing my research process will over time lead to something good.
Yeah, this is a sentiment I agree with and believe. I think that it makes sense to have a cognitive process that self-corrects and systematically moves towards solving whatever problem it is faced with. In terms of computability theory, one could imagine it as an effectively computable function that you expect will return you the answer—and the only ‘obstacle’ is time / compute invested.
I think being confident, i.e. not feeling hopeless in doing anything, is important. The important takeaway here is that you don’t need to be confident in any particular idea that you come up with. Instead, you can be confident in the broader picture of what you are doing, i.e. your processes.
I share your sentiment, although the causal model for it is different in my head. A generalized feeling of hopelessness is an indicator of mistaken assumptions and causal models in my head, and I use that as a cue to investigate why I feel that way. This usually results in me having hopelessness about specific paths, and a general purposefulness (for I have an idea of what I want to do next), and this is downstream of updates to my causal model that attempts to track reality as best as possible.
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Yeah, this is a sentiment I agree with and believe. I think that it makes sense to have a cognitive process that self-corrects and systematically moves towards solving whatever problem it is faced with. In terms of computability theory, one could imagine it as an effectively computable function that you expect will return you the answer—and the only ‘obstacle’ is time / compute invested.
I share your sentiment, although the causal model for it is different in my head. A generalized feeling of hopelessness is an indicator of mistaken assumptions and causal models in my head, and I use that as a cue to investigate why I feel that way. This usually results in me having hopelessness about specific paths, and a general purposefulness (for I have an idea of what I want to do next), and this is downstream of updates to my causal model that attempts to track reality as best as possible.