Subj : Re: New to this
To   : Adept
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Apr 27 2025 07:04 pm

-=> Adept wrote to boraxman <=-

 bo> Every week in my city they march and yell, and when you speak to them,
 bo> they are utterly clueless about the politics they peddle.

 Ad> To be fair, given my personal pedantry, political science degree, and
 Ad> long-established reading habits, I feel that about a large portion of
 Ad> people, regardless of whether I agree with them or not.

 Ad> And, on many days, I even feel it about myself, as there are many areas
 Ad> where I know shockingly little. Even if I don't realize it afterward,
 Ad> because of the Dunning Krueger effect.

 Ad> That said, in all my "reasonableness", it's the unreasonable person
 Ad> that drives change, way more than I ever will.

I do doubt myself, there are many things I don't know about, but there
is one thing I try not to do.  That is, to state something that is
clearly in contradiction of observed reality.  I may not be able to
explain why the sky is blue (actually, I sort of can), but I won't say
its not blue.  I won't go into games where I go "Well Actually...."
and then argue why blue doesn't exist and why colours aren't real, or
something like that.  It is also important not to be sure of things
you don't know about.  If someone who runs a farm tells me that
such-and-such policy which affects their farming won't work, well, I'm
not going to contradict them if they appear foolish to me.  They are
doing something I haven't done, so best to stop and listen.

 
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