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Replying to Avatar Mike Brock

I don’t really have a method. I tend to intentionally seek out sources of information that challenge what I think, though. I probably spend more time reading the arguments *against* what I believe, and the arguments I make, than reading the arguments of people who agree with me.

How that approach turns into internet searches, I don’t really know. I haven’t tried to systematize my approach to information discovery in any way that would be terribly exciting to talk about. It would probably be best described as disorganized and scatterbrained, and some internal socratic dialogues from time to time, trying to convince myself I’m wrong about what I think, through imagining counterfactuals, and trying to identify what would have to be true for me to be wrong, or some haphazard positivist construction like that. That being said, I’m not a strict positivist.

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Gunson 2y ago

I like that. By looking at arguments against you get introduced to a lot of topics and issues you may never have considered. Strongly endorse this!

Difficult to systematize indeed. Investing in your own knowledge base, looking at more sources of curation, and articulating your own thought-through opinion seem directionally good in general (vs. Just reading one paper and parroting their views).

Cheers, thanks for explaining further 👌

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