adamzerner comments on Don't Be Afraid of Asking Personally Important Questions of Less Wrong - Less Wrong

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Comment author: adamzerner 18 March 2015 12:36:39AM -1 points [-]

Normatively there should be nothing wrong with being (perceived as) unknowledgable in a certain field as long as one tries to fix this.

In what cases do you think "as long as one tries to fix this" applies?

Comment author: [deleted] 18 March 2015 06:23:49AM 1 point [-]

I think that "as long as one does not vehemently refuse to integrate newfound knowledge into one's database and update one's beliefs" would be a better way to put it now and perhaps clearer too.

What I said before was probably too vague (or just wrong) because one can't really become knowledgable as to everything and I don't think that should be held as a point against them.

Comment author: adamzerner 18 March 2015 01:03:34PM 0 points [-]

So it seems like you're talking about integrating knowledge, rather than seeking it. Is that true?

Comment author: [deleted] 18 March 2015 10:47:54PM 0 points [-]

Yes, I mainly mean integrating knowledge. Which is not to say that I don't think people should not actively seek out new knowledge about all kinds of topics, but seeing how it's absolutely impossible to know even just a little about everything I don't think one can blame them for not seeking knowledge about a certain topic X. Unless of course X is something which by all means should be relevant to them.

Which is just to say it depends, I suppose.