Yep, in the Dunning-Kruger's curve, I am at valley of despair right now. Slowly making my way up the slope of enlightenment, and the only way to do it is by accepting we do not know anything.
well then it's all up from there fren! keep climbing
I am not comfortable placing myself on the curve as I fear and expect unavoidable bias from my own opinion even though I do try to work diligently at thinking and acting unbiasedly.
it's along the lines of the age old question of "is there such thing as a 100% selfless act?" even if no one sees you and you never tell anyone that you gave $1,000 to a homeless man on the street, you will feel good about yourself as a result of your charitable actions
as I fear and expect unavoidable bias from my own opinion even though I do try to work diligently at thinking and acting unbiasedly
Bias based on ones own experiences, observations and instincts are important in creating our own reality. It is the only way since we cannot start conducting experiments to learn the truth every day for everything. As long as we are acutely aware that our assumptions might be wrong, and willing to change our mind based on actual evidence - we are still on the slope. We just have to be mindful of our biases and why we believe in a certain thing.
"is there such thing as a 100% selfless act?"
Its perfectly fine to do good things even if it partly for self-gratification, as long as we are mindful about these and question ourselves why we needed to feel that, and strive to get better next time. When we finally learn to love ourselves for exactly who we are, we wont need any kind of external validation
Yep, in the Dunning-Kruger's curve, I am at valley of despair right now. Slowly making my way up the slope of enlightenment, and the only way to do it is by accepting we do not know anything.
well then it's all up from there fren! keep climbing
I am not comfortable placing myself on the curve as I fear and expect unavoidable bias from my own opinion even though I do try to work diligently at thinking and acting unbiasedly.
it's along the lines of the age old question of "is there such thing as a 100% selfless act?" even if no one sees you and you never tell anyone that you gave $1,000 to a homeless man on the street, you will feel good about yourself as a result of your charitable actions
Bias based on ones own experiences, observations and instincts are important in creating our own reality. It is the only way since we cannot start conducting experiments to learn the truth every day for everything. As long as we are acutely aware that our assumptions might be wrong, and willing to change our mind based on actual evidence - we are still on the slope. We just have to be mindful of our biases and why we believe in a certain thing.
Its perfectly fine to do good things even if it partly for self-gratification, as long as we are mindful about these and question ourselves why we needed to feel that, and strive to get better next time. When we finally learn to love ourselves for exactly who we are, we wont need any kind of external validation