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“The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed,”
David Leonhardt • Opinion | You’re Too Busy. You Need a ‘Shultz Hour.’ (Published 2017)
Not by referring to authority, but by referring to my own subjective responses.
Claire Dederer • Monsters
Both are seeking universal, objective truth.
David Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
most plausible or defensible—
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
“that sheer amount of lesson or practice time is not a good indicator of exceptionality.”
(Journalist) David Epstein • Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
the value of work,
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
rationality;
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
“Madness is rare in individuals—but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule,” Nietzsche wrote (before he went mad). If you can identify a delusional popular belief, you can find what lies hidden behind it: the contrarian truth.