“It’s not enough to know about the Way and how to walk it; you need gnosis of walking.”
Could I have a less metaphorical example of what people need gnosis of for rationality? I’m imagining you are thinking of e.g. what it is like to carry out changing your mind in a real situation, or what it looks like to fit knowing why you believe things into your usual sequences of mental motions, but I’m not sure.
Yep, sounds like you got it. It’s like when you quit grad school because you realize you were only staying for sunk costs, or start exercising because you believe in its benefits, and you don’t have to go through the motion of explicitly figuring this out and then willing yourself into doing it. You knew it, maybe you double check your work to make sure the dark, unobserved processes of your brain didn’t make a mistake, and then you just do it because it’s the most natural thing in the world, like taking a sip of water when you’re thirsty.
“It’s not enough to know about the Way and how to walk it; you need gnosis of walking.”
Could I have a less metaphorical example of what people need gnosis of for rationality? I’m imagining you are thinking of e.g. what it is like to carry out changing your mind in a real situation, or what it looks like to fit knowing why you believe things into your usual sequences of mental motions, but I’m not sure.
Yep, sounds like you got it. It’s like when you quit grad school because you realize you were only staying for sunk costs, or start exercising because you believe in its benefits, and you don’t have to go through the motion of explicitly figuring this out and then willing yourself into doing it. You knew it, maybe you double check your work to make sure the dark, unobserved processes of your brain didn’t make a mistake, and then you just do it because it’s the most natural thing in the world, like taking a sip of water when you’re thirsty.