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Fooling vs "Unfooling"
(To the grammer police, I know "unfooling" is not a word, but it is used here because the opposite of "to fool" would be "to enlighten" and enlightenment is so far way from the goal of simply "unfooling" a person, to bring them back to reality.) Below is a conversation with ChatGPT If people are easy to fool, how come it’s so difficult to “unfool” them? That’s one of the most painfully true questions about being human. People are easy to fool because fooling slips in thro
Lawrence Sheraton
Feb 165 min read
Stupidity Defined
Stupidity is willful ignorance. Avoid stupidity, don’t avoid being wrong. If you want to be right, i.e. have accurate mental models of the world, you have to be willing to be wrong. “The more willing you are to be wrong, the more right you will be.” -Lawrence Sheraton I’m not advocating philosophical skepticism where you question whether anything is knowable; rather I’m advocating having zero ego in the outcome of reality. Your goal should always be adapting the most accurate
Lawrence Sheraton
Nov 9, 20241 min read
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