I’m not trying to hold it constant, I’m just trying to understand a relatively low standard, because that’s the part I feel confused about. It seems relatively much easier to look at bad intellectual output and say how it could have been better, think about the thought processes involved, etc. Much harder to say what goes into producing output at all vs not doing so.
I think I understand the distinction, and I think if it was as simple as “people undershoot their actual capacities in favor of humility / don’t want to risk wasting anybody’s time” everyone would have adjusted social norms to remedy it by now.
I think I understand the distinction, and I think if it was as simple as “people undershoot their actual capacities in favor of humility / don’t want to risk wasting anybody’s time” everyone would have adjusted social norms to remedy it by now.
thanks