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We just started the philosophy module of Praxis, so I created a video to go over some of the points that were most interesting to me.
Blog posts mentioned in video:
The Right to an Opinion is a Lot of Work
Why You Shouldn’t Tell People They’re Stupid Even if They Say Something Really Stupid
Overall notes taken from this week:
- They started out perfectly with a great article called give it five minutes. It says you should give every new idea you hear at least five minutes to try to understand the point that’s being made or the ideas that are being expressed. Jason Fried makes the point that dismissing ideas is easy, but a lot of thought and care goes into making a strong idea.
- We talked about the work required to have an opinion, how the right to an opinion is not the same as a right to an audience. You have to have a thorough understanding of all sides of an argument before you can truly have an opinion on a matter.
- We watched an interesting lecture that talked about how we don’t know how wrong we are, and even the greatest minds in history have been wrong. A great thing to keep in mind going into this module. We’re wrong about a lot of things right now, and while it’s really hard to be right, we can become “less wrong.”
- We also talked about why philosophers make good entrepreneurs bc they can create structure, are analytical, can articulate what they want, are confident and like to argue, and aren’t afraid of risk.
- Everything is capable of being questioned, including the questions themselves.
- Everyone has a slightly or drastically different answer to the question “what is philosophy?”
- Hypotheticals are valuable when the proposed scenario might actually happen (useful) or if the scenario would never happen, but provides clarity to a real-world issue (insightful).