this seems to help me avoid intellectual-ier-than-thou attitudes and behaviours. it's simple in its elegance to me:
1) i like to like
2) in order to like something, a manner of understanding is always involved (in maths it's empirical, in watching a magic stage show that fools you it's in a less direct understanding such as 'i understand there's a person attempting to create a sense of awe and wonder even though i do not understand the methodology of the trick')
3) so intention to like -> (as leads to) liking
4) and intellectual humility -> understanding
5) so intellectual humility -> understanding -> liking things
inversely,
intellectual arrogance -> ignorance -> not liking things
i don't want to do that thing. the ignorance and hate thing. it is - at least figuratively and perhaps moving toward literally - the only thing i actively do not like.
this seems to help me avoid intellectual-ier-than-thou attitudes and behaviours. it's simple in its elegance to me:
1) i like to like
2) in order to like something, a manner of understanding is always involved (in maths it's empirical, in watching a magic stage show that fools you it's in a less direct understanding such as 'i understand there's a person attempting to create a sense of awe and wonder even though i do not understand the methodology of the trick')
3) so intention to like -> (as leads to) liking
4) and intellectual humility -> understanding
5) so intellectual humility -> understanding -> liking things
inversely,
intellectual arrogance -> ignorance -> not liking things
i don't want to do that thing. the ignorance and hate thing. it is - at least figuratively and perhaps moving toward literally - the only thing i actively do not like.