Nodal Point of Thought2019-04-21
Notes on getting out of bed
methodic doubt
delving into
[Explain in your own words
「 one's own words 」
Don't look outside the box for the right answer.
Verification of "Whether or not you can explain"
Nodal Point of Thought 20190419
I think the first thing to do is to break free from adherence is to have methodic doubt.
What does "methodical skepticism" look like in the case of
Doubt anything that gives room for doubt.
Methodology for elaborating thoughts
Methodology, but often only teaches Descartes' final idea "I think, therefore I am" as a result of his use of it, in a descent way.
Typical "[Taking the top of the pyramid is not what I expected.
Memorizing and humming "Cogito Ergo Sm." or something like that doesn't make you smarter.
The "problem you tried to solve," the "method you used to solve the problem," and the "answer someone gave you" should be considered separately.
I think, therefore I am" is just Descartes' answer.
Copying answers is futile.
Descartes' "problem to solve" in the first place was "to find the right one for sure."
In many cases, we're not trying to solve this problem.
Descartes, a smart man, produced knowledge that is still mentioned in textbooks today, more than 300 years later, and his methodology is "methodical skepticism"!
The practical value of learning and utilizing this methodology Philosophy as a practical science would be
Whether you can explain words in your own words
People who memorize the whole thing can't dig in.
The key is "in your own words."
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Picture of a monkey throwing boxes at random and waiting to reach a banana by accident, and a human being who can efficiently search for solutions by piling them up with the intention of making them higher.
Real monkeys are smarter than that. The idea that if you make random attempts you will eventually find the right answer is less than ape.
Evolution of technology is non-Darwinian
Random is the worst methodology
Better to use it than to do nothing, but something that should be moved to other methods as soon as possible.
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