About
This is not an easy book to describe in a few sentences. That is mainly because it covers such a wide range of subjects. The proofreader said it was a breath of fresh air, not just because she was inundated with mountains of technical texts sent to her by various businesses.
In short, it is about us humans. It helps you understand you. Why you strive to do things. Knowing the why helps many to solve their downheartedness maybe or help them get out of a rut. Or be more confident in who you are and what you are doing.
Deeper thoughts
Why discuss ‘these sort of things’ why indeed. Why do a crossword puzzle, why compose a poem. Why try you luck with a muse using every trick in the book. Why itself is a moot point.
Because it a challenge. Because it is satisfying. Because it is enjoyable exploring the twists and turns. People explore deep ideas in the same way as someone explores caves and cake making. Trying, testing and improving.
Do we find the answers? In many cases we do. Sometimes there are answers that depend, depend on who you are and what your circumstances are. They may necessitate accepting pros and cons, trade-offs, and compromise. Sometimes it is understanding that things will always be a matter of opinion. That is the answer, it is simply opinion. A certain proportion of people will agree, and a certain proportion will not. That is the answer: 90% agree something. 10% do not.
Some answers; me and maybe me alone accept. I know that with nine things I can arrange them into a square but can’t with 8 or 10. That matters. As does the realisation that time for instance is a human construct. You will not find time in a watch. You can’t demonstrate time having any effect on anything. It is not detectable. Instead, we have counts. Water drips, oscillations but no time is present in the universe. That differs from gravity and electricity and magnetism and radiation and a punch to the face. They are things we can examine and toy with.
We have black Lives matter, white lives matter, and perhaps all lives matter. Whether you are black, brown, cream or blonde, the only thing that matters is the life you have left in front of you. That can be lived joyously, fruitlessly or frivolously. The idea that we are the fruit from the flower from the tree … will always ring true no matter how powerfully you express any argument.
Read or don’t read. That is a simple way of understanding the ignorance paradox. You may learn something. An idea may spark something. Or you just carry on not knowing.
The ignorance paradox has no connection to the “Dunning Kruger effect”. It is not about over confidence in ourselves. The ignorance paradox is a knowing / not knowing paradigm. The ignorance paradox will give you the tools to become knowing, confident and assured. It will give you the tools to help others. Knowing how may not make you a master, but a master will know more than someone that is less masterful.
