But Cambridge university is away from any point in the middle of Cambridge … so that is true. And pointing at one particular college is useful. There’s no useful way to point in every direction simultaniously.
You can’t just tell the truth relentlessly. You can only speak or write words, which are subject to the readers or listeners interpretation
If someone doesn’t understand what you are saying, then you can either go up to a meta level or give up.
When someone asks me, “What is X?”, I automatically rephrase the question as “Tell me what you know about X that is relevant and significant in the present context.” Up, down, sideways is not the point. I tell them whatever I can that seems to me that they do not know and need to know, and steer according to their response.
But Cambridge university is away from any point in the middle of Cambridge … so that is true. And pointing at one particular college is useful. There’s no useful way to point in every direction simultaniously.
You can’t just tell the truth relentlessly. You can only speak or write words, which are subject to the readers or listeners interpretation
If someone doesn’t understand what you are saying, then you can either go up to a meta level or give up.
When someone asks me, “What is X?”, I automatically rephrase the question as “Tell me what you know about X that is relevant and significant in the present context.” Up, down, sideways is not the point. I tell them whatever I can that seems to me that they do not know and need to know, and steer according to their response.
Well, meta rationality helps you be less wrong.