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My last podcast interview on dealing with controversy - collect data, be aware of motivated reasoning and confirmation biases, & apply lessons from the replicability movement when evaluating real-world information: be a healthy skeptic & verify claims. https://bit.ly/3cM4bJt
Too many people rush to judgment because it fits with their preconceived notions of the world. A healthy skeptic thinks carefully and tries to separate facts from fiction before drawing conclusions. A healthy skeptic resists double standards and tries to use the same standard...
...when discerning information that fits with or contradicts their belief system, the belief system of their social groups. A healthy skeptic resists the social pressure to rush to a premature conclusion.
That said, if you challenge the zeitgeist, be prepared for pushback.
That said, if you challenge the zeitgeist, be prepared for pushback.
Some of it will be constructive, useful criticism. Listen as it will improve the work & help you evolve. Now some of it will come from bad actors acting from a place of bad faith (see next tweet, the last part of this thread).
I live by many mantras and this is one of them:
“The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.”
― Hugh MacLeod
I decided to forego being a sheep at the age of 12. And help others do the same.
“The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.”
― Hugh MacLeod
I decided to forego being a sheep at the age of 12. And help others do the same.
