So this is “replies to some objections to Kegan”, and not “positive reasons to think Kegan is useful”, yes? That is, it won’t convince anyone that they should pay attention to Kegan, but if they’ve been previously convinced that they shouldn’t, it might change their mind.
I confess I had been hoping for the positive reasons, but if it’s not what you were going for, then fair enough.
Basically everyone trusts experts in math because it’s far from lived experience and we agree that mathematicians are the math experts even though we can only easily validate the veracity of the simplest mathematical claims without training.
Note that people do have some mathematical intuitions, and are willing to argue with experts on them. See the Monty Hall problem, or the question of whether 0.999… = 1.
it feels easy to reject what doesn’t feel true when it’s something we have a lot of experience with and can easily gather data on.
This heuristic seems basically correct, to me. I would expect people’s gut instincts to be more accurate when they have a lot of experience and can easily gather data.
(I feel weird making this comment after you said you probably weren’t going to defend the article. But not making this comment because you had said that, would seem like a mistake. Obviously, don’t feel obliged to respond.)
So this is “replies to some objections to Kegan”, and not “positive reasons to think Kegan is useful”, yes? That is, it won’t convince anyone that they should pay attention to Kegan, but if they’ve been previously convinced that they shouldn’t, it might change their mind.
I confess I had been hoping for the positive reasons, but if it’s not what you were going for, then fair enough.
Note that people do have some mathematical intuitions, and are willing to argue with experts on them. See the Monty Hall problem, or the question of whether 0.999… = 1.
This heuristic seems basically correct, to me. I would expect people’s gut instincts to be more accurate when they have a lot of experience and can easily gather data.
(I feel weird making this comment after you said you probably weren’t going to defend the article. But not making this comment because you had said that, would seem like a mistake. Obviously, don’t feel obliged to respond.)