OK, I’m asking. (I have no objection to pop science, pop psychology, pop philosophy, etc., when done well.) What is “old, but seen anew”? Specifically: suppose me to be a longstanding LW participant, reasonably well read in science and philosophy; if I read (say) Science and Sanity or some later GS work, am I likely to come out the far end knowing more or thinking better, and if so what do you expect me to learn?
Specifically: suppose me to be a longstanding LW participant, reasonably well read in science and philosophy
Then reading S&S may well be supererogatory. If you’ve read all of the Sequences, you will recognise much in S&S, just as I, having read S&S, recognised much in the Sequences.
OK, I’m asking. (I have no objection to pop science, pop psychology, pop philosophy, etc., when done well.) What is “old, but seen anew”? Specifically: suppose me to be a longstanding LW participant, reasonably well read in science and philosophy; if I read (say) Science and Sanity or some later GS work, am I likely to come out the far end knowing more or thinking better, and if so what do you expect me to learn?
Then reading S&S may well be supererogatory. If you’ve read all of the Sequences, you will recognise much in S&S, just as I, having read S&S, recognised much in the Sequences.