Cognitive fallacy: Wittgenstein's ruler

Unless you have confidence in the reliability of the ruler , Otherwise, if you measure the table with a ruler , You may also be using a table ruler . The less you believe in the reliability of the ruler , The more information you get about the ruler , And the less information about the table .

“ Measuring behavior ” Is a concept that often appears in quantum mechanics , But in fact, measurement is everywhere . Wittgenstein's ruler is similar to a razor , It specifies what information can be obtained from measurement or judgment , Regardless of its reliability .

This concept has many meanings ：

• How to deal with others' criticism ： When you work hard and correctly according to your own ideas , It's no use getting upset about someone's comments or anger . contrary , please remember , Their opinions only measure their own lack of wisdom, not your ability and / Or a measure of character .
• Reflect the critic from the criticism ： Never make quick judgments about people and situations , It may make people feel good and full of superiority , But actually , It shows that your intelligence level is low , Not anything else .

People get along with people ：

1. When dealing with people , please remember , We are not dealing with logical animals , We are dealing with emotions and prejudices .
2. Any fool can criticize 、 Blame and complain . But understanding and tolerance require character and self-control .

 

Deeper inference ：

• I don't know I don't know ： When I hear people talk about politics 、 Religion and world issues （ And their solutions ） In my opinion , I will smile . Not because I know myself better , But because I've realized what I know I don't know , So shut up . By proposing isolated problems and simplified solutions in these complex fields , The ruler itself is giving the measured value , Instead of measuring the table .
• Human operating system ： When we buy computers , It is equipped with a complete operating system and software to complete the required tasks . If you lose anything, you can install , If it is damaged, it can be unloaded . Because there is no creative processing inside the computer , Therefore, the system can work as needed .

  If human beings are regarded as intelligent machines , So what happens if we install the operating system and the accompanying software ？ Or you can insert some data ports to install or uninstall the required functions ？ From the perspective of information , Eyes and ears are 2 Input ports , The tongue and the hand with pen or keyboard are 2 Two output ports . Everything we see and hear in childhood will be recorded in our minds as the right way of life ： We are the real operating system . This correlation is so strong , So that if a person knows a person's birthplace , You can predict his philosophy of life very accurately . contrary , If one knows one's life philosophy , Their birthplace and... Can be predicted with similar accuracy / Or growth experience .

This means history （ Context or background ） The weight in shaping our personality is extremely important . There are two steps to get rid of this trap .

1. knowledge . If we acquire a lot of updated knowledge , Slowly, , The influence of history will be smaller and smaller . Increasing knowledge through reading and travel can expand our brain . then , Compared with myself before , We can make smarter choices . Remember to read more , Especially those who disagree .
2. Withdraw prejudice . There are many different ways to look at a problem , It's just as important . Instead of putting every reality into the space defined by its core concept , Why don't you sometimes check whether patching some of these core concepts can better explain this reality .

Reference resources Bayes theorem