Taking care, every time I think, to make sure I’m following out actual uncertainty or curiosity and am actually gathering evidence on what conclusion to write in, rather than rehearsing evidence or enjoying the sound of my own thoughts.
Really, if you understand “the bottom line”, you could reliably reinvent the whole of rationality for yourself. And once you have read and internalized it, you walk around the world noticing people justifying things to themselves all the time.
The Bottom Line.
Taking care, every time I think, to make sure I’m following out actual uncertainty or curiosity and am actually gathering evidence on what conclusion to write in, rather than rehearsing evidence or enjoying the sound of my own thoughts.
’yep. I’ll second this.
Really, if you understand “the bottom line”, you could reliably reinvent the whole of rationality for yourself. And once you have read and internalized it, you walk around the world noticing people justifying things to themselves all the time.