tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24152639.post5186170028847410143..comments2023-07-04T03:53:40.171-07:00Comments on Matt Kundert's Friday Experiment: Better and the BestMatt Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304261355315746372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24152639.post-45991925005941212742013-07-10T22:29:37.806-07:002013-07-10T22:29:37.806-07:00I'm glad the you find the posts worth the read...I'm glad the you find the posts worth the reading. I confess I haven't quite figured out who the pieces are for, which means a lot of not entirely compatible wires get overlapped. Sometimes I know I'm making a point only, say, a scholar of Rorty would care about. Sometimes I know I'm making a philosophical point in a vernacular that would unacceptable in an academic journal. Sometimes I'm talking to philosophers, sometimes to literary critics, sometimes to professionals, sometimes to amateurs. That's not exactly a good idea, but I'm just crossing my fingers that my instincts have slowly been getting better over the years. Since I don't really even have a sense of who might read as a baseline for judgement, I decided that at the very least, I need to make it worth my own time, which means figuring out answers to problems that have vexed me, and taking the time on minor angels on scholastic pinheads because I want to make sure I know how many are there and running the basics on things the professionals assume everyone already knows because running them out is the only way you can be sure to know them yourself. The only baseline I have now is that I have to interested in it and I can't make it perfect. Perfection is for professional work. This is something else.Matt Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304261355315746372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24152639.post-87597627628256921312013-07-08T12:30:58.672-07:002013-07-08T12:30:58.672-07:00As an amateur I find a lot of what you say a littl...As an amateur I find a lot of what you say a little over my head, but I have been able to connect personally with most of your ideas. I've sure been using larger words in conversations lately, but living in Central Texas in the middle of conservative fundamentalists I find "quality" discussions rare. (damn, there's Pirsig again)<br /><br />On today's topic...I feel as if I have hindered myself often because of setting goals too high and often becoming the village fool. Nassim Taleb's "epistemic arrogance" was something I recognized, but was not able to define until seeing it in writing. I find your "Better vs. Best" as well as most of what I have read of yours to be equally illuminating. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com