I’m not sure what to do to be humble or support it in others. I try to adhere to a number of haphazard rules, like “don’t spread facebook posts that are supposed to be news but also asking the readers to express their feelings on the subject”. Maybe it sums to something.
But being “positively” humble, actively trying to not just not-sidestep but go forward… feels weird. As if the truth is a blade to be looked at only as it descends for the kill and never before; at the moment when whatever you do, it won’t matter.
(It happens in fiction, even in good fiction trying to improve people’s thinking. Because it’s just too satisfying.)
I can be relatively humble when I remember the blade, but it’s neither a permanent solution nor particularly safe.
You are definitely not understanding the analogy made above, nor my confusion. The analogy was meant to illustrate a failure mode of having only positive humility. EDIT: This apparently correctly understood what was meant, but not what was said.
Maybe some way exists, but that’s not what I mean.
I like to think about the blade as being always in motion, since even when it’s sheathed it’s moving along to being drawn. PH is analogous to not ignoring it. It’s just easier when you can see it coming.
But being “positively” humble, actively trying to not just not-sidestep but go forward… feels weird. As if the truth is a blade to be looked at only as it descends for the kill and never before; at the moment when whatever you do, it won’t matter.
Do you see how this phrasing is specifically claiming that positive humility is analogous to ignoring the blade?
Well, you’ve already gone off-target from that goal, because what you said here makes even less sense. I can’t tell what you mean by “X feels like Y, feels as if Y is Z”, even so far as to judge it true or false.
Do you mean that “X feels like a situation in which Y is Z”?
Do you mean “The way X feels like Y is similar to the way Y feels like Z”?
Do you mean “X makes me feel like Y is like Z”?
None of these interpretations actually makes your comment make sense, because none of them are analogous to the original positive-humility/truth-blade simile, but I can’t even tell which of these you intended.
I’m not sure what to do to be humble or support it in others. I try to adhere to a number of haphazard rules, like “don’t spread facebook posts that are supposed to be news but also asking the readers to express their feelings on the subject”. Maybe it sums to something.
But being “positively” humble, actively trying to not just not-sidestep but go forward… feels weird. As if the truth is a blade to be looked at only as it descends for the kill and never before; at the moment when whatever you do, it won’t matter.
(It happens in fiction, even in good fiction trying to improve people’s thinking. Because it’s just too satisfying.)
I can be relatively humble when I remember the blade, but it’s neither a permanent solution nor particularly safe.
I don’t understand your blade analogy. In what way is positive humility analogous to ignoring a blade while it’s sheathed/merely in motion?
(Not the commenter above.)
Getting good at something isn’t just about doing it right when you do it, it’s also about doing it for practice/looking for opportunities.
Sidestep-humility:
Don’t be foolish/ignorant.
Positive humility:
Seek out knowledge.
Not having/using ‘positive humility’ (while having the other kind) is like ignoring a blade and trying to cut vegetables up with your hands.
You are definitely not understanding the analogy made above, nor my confusion. The analogy was meant to illustrate a failure mode of having only positive humility. EDIT: This apparently correctly understood what was meant, but not what was said.
Maybe some way exists, but that’s not what I mean.
I like to think about the blade as being always in motion, since even when it’s sheathed it’s moving along to being drawn. PH is analogous to not ignoring it. It’s just easier when you can see it coming.
That is the opposite of what you said.
Do you see how this phrasing is specifically claiming that positive humility is analogous to ignoring the blade?
Sorry, English is not my native language. I meant that X feels like Y, feels as if Y is Z. I’ll try to be more careful.
Well, you’ve already gone off-target from that goal, because what you said here makes even less sense. I can’t tell what you mean by “X feels like Y, feels as if Y is Z”, even so far as to judge it true or false.
Do you mean that “X feels like a situation in which Y is Z”?
Do you mean “The way X feels like Y is similar to the way Y feels like Z”?
Do you mean “X makes me feel like Y is like Z”?
None of these interpretations actually makes your comment make sense, because none of them are analogous to the original positive-humility/truth-blade simile, but I can’t even tell which of these you intended.
Well, it doesn’t really matter.