Thanks for the thoughtful & generous response and interesting links Emrik :) The natural cluster of questions that include deference has been on my mind ever since I learned about epistemic learned helplessness years ago, so I appreciate the pointers.
I confess to being a bit alarmed by your footnote. For reasoning transparency’s sake, would you be willing to share how you were led to the conclusion to turn inward? I have in my own way been trying to improve clarity of thought, although my reasons include an extrinsic component (e.g. I really like helping people figure out their problems, or fail productively in trying), and even the intrinsic component (clarity makes my heart sing) often points me outward (cf. steps 3 and 8 here) and can also look like teaching others. And I’ve noticed that both can speed up my progress greatly despite reducing time spent just thinking, the former akin to being Alice not Bob, and the latter in a way a bit like “pruning the branching factor” or making me realize I had been overlooking fruitful branches or just modeling the whole thing wrongly. This is the overall “vibe” from which I doubt the effectiveness of your inward turn.
But that’s admittedly not the real reason I’m writing this; my real reason echoes Julia’s comment.
Thanks for the thoughtful & generous response and interesting links Emrik :) The natural cluster of questions that include deference has been on my mind ever since I learned about epistemic learned helplessness years ago, so I appreciate the pointers.
I confess to being a bit alarmed by your footnote. For reasoning transparency’s sake, would you be willing to share how you were led to the conclusion to turn inward? I have in my own way been trying to improve clarity of thought, although my reasons include an extrinsic component (e.g. I really like helping people figure out their problems, or fail productively in trying), and even the intrinsic component (clarity makes my heart sing) often points me outward (cf. steps 3 and 8 here) and can also look like teaching others. And I’ve noticed that both can speed up my progress greatly despite reducing time spent just thinking, the former akin to being Alice not Bob, and the latter in a way a bit like “pruning the branching factor” or making me realize I had been overlooking fruitful branches or just modeling the whole thing wrongly. This is the overall “vibe” from which I doubt the effectiveness of your inward turn.
But that’s admittedly not the real reason I’m writing this; my real reason echoes Julia’s comment.