Wisdom Builder
Quick Hits
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THINK WELL.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
A straw man fallacy replaces a real argument with a weaker version, making it easier to attack but harder to reach truth. Do not fall for a straw man, return the conversation to the core issue.
2.
Quote:
- Socrates.
- 399 BCE.
Meaning:
Socrates turned uncertainty into a strength. Wisdom begins when you recognize the limits of what you know and start examining your beliefs.
3.
From History: The Idea of the Unknowable Dao
If you embrace that absolute truth exists only in objective reality, then our human claims can remain provisional and always open to refinement, correction, and falsification.
4.
Academic paper summary:
Think well by asking what kind of claim you are hearing before deciding whether it is true. Empirical, rational, speculative, and disproven ideas require different standards, and wisdom begins with sorting them correctly.
5.
Quote:
- David Hume.
- 1748.
Meaning:
Your confidence in an idea, whether scientific or spiritual, should rise with support, not desire.
6.
From History: Stories have complex meanings.
Allegorical interpretation is reading a story for meaning beyond its literal surface.
7.
Article summary:
The difference between inductive and abductive reasoning lies in their focus. Inductive reasoning is all about identifying patterns and making generalizations, whereas abductive reasoning hones in on making the best possible guess based on incomplete information.
8.
From History: 1000 CE
For thousands of years, writing had very little grammar. Grammar helps, and you should respect grammar, but serve the reader first.
9.
Always remember that even science is touched by human bias. Its strength lies in being a self-correcting process. You too can self correct.
10.
From History: The abstractions of life.
Schemas are mental categories across frameworks that simplify life. To think well, challenge them. Keep what fits, update or drop the rest.
Done. Refresh for another set.