> This quality of “not stopping at an unsatisfactory answer” deserves some examination.
> This requires a lot of intrinsic motivation, because it’s so hard; so most people simply don’t do it.
It also requires self-confidence, persuasiveness, and social power.
Without these traits, your attempts to really understand something will be dismissed as "overthinking things" or "trying to understand the universe". Those around you will urge you to "stop thinking just do the task" or "do the obvious thing" as they lose patience with you. If you don't resist them you'll end up moving forward despite feeling confused, sometimes completely. You'll then end up pissing people off when you execute too slowly or fail (in their eyes, intentionally).
> This is a habit. It’s easy to pick up.
Not if the people around you are exhausted by you.
> This requires a lot of intrinsic motivation, because it’s so hard; so most people simply don’t do it.
It also requires self-confidence, persuasiveness, and social power.
Without these traits, your attempts to really understand something will be dismissed as "overthinking things" or "trying to understand the universe". Those around you will urge you to "stop thinking just do the task" or "do the obvious thing" as they lose patience with you. If you don't resist them you'll end up moving forward despite feeling confused, sometimes completely. You'll then end up pissing people off when you execute too slowly or fail (in their eyes, intentionally).
> This is a habit. It’s easy to pick up.
Not if the people around you are exhausted by you.