>>10 I'm sorry, you're making it very hard to not parse your position as something absurd. Two questions: 1 Do you actually think that people would be having the best time if they took counsel from the happiest person on earth, or do you think that they’re probably some useless rando with a very out-of-distribution brain chemistry and that collectively following their example would cause everything to crash and burn even worse than it already is. Do you genuinely believe this would be a good thing for people’s well-being? 2 even if that was a good heuristic for whom to listen to (batshit assumption, but let’s roll with it): Do you genuinely believe that teaching is only permissible by the literal most competent person in their field? No advice from anyone who’s merely pretty good, or –you know– a competent tutor. There’s plenty of examples of the-best-of-their-field being terrible educators, because that is simply an entirely separate skill, so, do you think that (if happiness worked the way you’re alleging it does) people would get most happy by listening to the happiest person, or is it perhaps more likely that someone else in the upper percentile is better at actually conveying the relevant bits? I am not saying I am this person, though I am –I think– happier than average. This is just an exercise in figuring out what on earth you’re even saying.
I'm sorry, you're making it very hard to not parse your position as something absurd. Two questions:
1 Do you actually think that people would be having the best time if they took counsel from the happiest person on earth, or do you think that they’re probably some useless rando with a very out-of-distribution brain chemistry and that collectively following their example would cause everything to crash and burn even worse than it already is. Do you genuinely believe this would be a good thing for people’s well-being?
2 even if that was a good heuristic for whom to listen to (batshit assumption, but let’s roll with it): Do you genuinely believe that teaching is only permissible by the literal most competent person in their field? No advice from anyone who’s merely pretty good, or –you know– a competent tutor. There’s plenty of examples of the-best-of-their-field being terrible educators, because that is simply an entirely separate skill, so, do you think that (if happiness worked the way you’re alleging it does) people would get most happy by listening to the happiest person, or is it perhaps more likely that someone else in the upper percentile is better at actually conveying the relevant bits? I am not saying I am this person, though I am –I think– happier than average. This is just an exercise in figuring out what on earth you’re even saying.