“Provide reasons” helps for me. Many times I think something is obviously true, and when I start writing a blog post about it, where I have to explain and justify, I realize, mid-paragraph, that what I’m writing is not quite correct, and I have to rethink it.
Despite the fact that this has happened to me several times, my gut still doesn’t quite say “it may not be that obvious, and you may be somewhat wrong.” Rather, my gut now says, “the argument, written down, may not be as simple as you think.”
“Provide reasons” helps for me. Many times I think something is obviously true, and when I start writing a blog post about it, where I have to explain and justify, I realize, mid-paragraph, that what I’m writing is not quite correct, and I have to rethink it.
Despite the fact that this has happened to me several times, my gut still doesn’t quite say “it may not be that obvious, and you may be somewhat wrong.” Rather, my gut now says, “the argument, written down, may not be as simple as you think.”
So I feel like I still have a ways to go.