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sometimes when you have 2 beliefs that seem contradictory, itโs not that one belief is correct and one is wrong, but rather theyโre each context-dependent, and you havenโt quite precisely figured out what the respective contexts are
so itโs not intrinsically bad to be conflicted about things- ah Iโm just restating Fitzgerald here https://t.co/nqzYhe8IJr
this is also why each great piece of advice often also has an equally valid counterpoint. โBroaden your horizons, but be focused.โ โBe decisive, but take your time.โ The right action will vary depending on the context. Takes a lifetime to be discerning https://t.co/Kr7b5OSHTJ https://t.co/otTepQrBSs
People can get into the most tedious and silly arguments over these directives. โYou should start your own startupโ โno you should work at a big company firstโ - there are no universal answers, you have to figure out what is right for you based your particular context
Tedious and silly arguments arenโt necessarily all bad, sometimes they can help you figure things out you canโt quite figure out by yourself. You see?? ๐ The game is infinitely flexible. Donโt get stuck. Unless getting stuck helps. Who knows. Not me
incidentally, if you liked this thread so far, you'd probably like this one too ๐๐พhttps://t.co/19zdOv4ZUs
People typically have high-res models of their own lives and lower-res models of other peopleโs. We are all born clueless with incredibly low-res models of the world - then we tweak and upgrade our models. Different people do this to different degrees depending on many variables
@visakanv I have a thread here about another way to look at this. Beautifully illustrated by @Nsousanis - the eyes contradict each other, and this difference is what generates depth perception. https://t.co/ypLyPvJiNs https://t.co/wQhuqXcdiM
If you're still using an epistemology (rationalist or otherwise) where if two statements or perspectives contradict each other then one must be false, then today's your lucky day to learn about resolving paradoxes using higher-dimensional thinking! https://t.co/p7lGAk9fAn
@visakanv https://t.co/vmo4uldg9h