Later, if we have time, we can think through the implications to our broader belief network. This ensures we update the most important beliefs to update first, but since there’s rarely enough time for us to update our entire belief network, we end up holding contradictory beliefs, or at least holding contradictory justifications for our beliefs.
This is an argument for more slack—esp. slack that is used to reflect and feel out things you learned. And this is probably even more true when you are young.
This is an argument for more slack—esp. slack that is used to reflect and feel out things you learned. And this is probably even more true when you are young.