Wisdom Builder
Quick Hits
MODE:
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4 minutes
THINK WELL.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
Always remember that even science is touched by human bias. Its strength lies in being a self-correcting process. You too can self correct.
2.
Quote:
- David Hume.
- 1739.
From History:
Meaning:
The is–ought problem: You cannot move from what is to what ought to be without a value premise. Good reasoning makes that hidden step explicit.
3.
From History: ~1.25 Billion years ago (+/- 200 million)
Retroviruses show how evolution tinkers with what already exists. New biological abilities emerge by recombining, modifying, and repurposing existing parts—not by starting from nothing.
4.
Article summary:
An appeal to authority treats who said something as evidence. It puts who over why and source over evidence.
5.
Quote:
- David Hume.
- 1748.
From History:
Meaning:
Your confidence in an idea, whether scientific or spiritual, should rise with support, not desire.
6.
From History: 3 Types: Empirical, Rational, & Irrational
Avoid irrational pragmatists; they dismiss good evidence when it gets in the way.
7.
A Living Touchstone maintains academic rigor by anchoring citations at the smallest unit of a claim, allowing essays to synthesize ideas without obscuring their evidentiary roots.
8.
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.
9.
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.
10.
Similarity is not identity. Flourishing for all cares about consequences and human well-being, but unlike utilitarianism, it does not reduce morality to maximizing total welfare.
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