I’ve discovered an area of likely self-delusion and I want to prevent myself from backsliding through forgetting what I’ve learned. Any ways to make sure the knowledge stays in my head?
Find something you can do that’s consistent with the new belief and inconsistent with the old one. Ideally the action will involve other people since many of our beliefs are held in part for the purpose of manipulating other people, and it won’t be just talk. Perform the action. The resulting cognitive dissonance will help to keep you in line.
(This is an extrapolation from the procedure for getting rid of specific self-deceptions in Anatomy of Peace, sort of. The author of that book knew that you have to do something with your insight to avoid losing it, and gave lots of examples, but he apparently didn’t notice that the examples all fit the general rule I state above.)
Find something you can do that’s consistent with the new belief and inconsistent with the old one. Ideally the action will involve other people since many of our beliefs are held in part for the purpose of manipulating other people, and it won’t be just talk. Perform the action. The resulting cognitive dissonance will help to keep you in line.
(This is an extrapolation from the procedure for getting rid of specific self-deceptions in Anatomy of Peace, sort of. The author of that book knew that you have to do something with your insight to avoid losing it, and gave lots of examples, but he apparently didn’t notice that the examples all fit the general rule I state above.)