The first mistake has to do with an attitude towards learning. I used to not mind feeling burnt out and intellectually drained and so I’d continue studying even when I was at a state where I couldn’t have the minimum of clarity needed to genuinely think and reflect on a topic. … This is relevant because if you’d like to be good let’s say at philosophical reasoning, you should be able to charitably understand and interpret the positions you’re engaging with before taking sides.
This is a great point. In my experience, if I sit down and spend a long time thinking, I eventually stop thinking critically. I can still absorb new facts and ideas, but I lose most of my skepticism.
This is a great point. In my experience, if I sit down and spend a long time thinking, I eventually stop thinking critically. I can still absorb new facts and ideas, but I lose most of my skepticism.