Pragmatism

• What? v - Scientific method repackaged w better marketing
  • Way of thinking focussed on practical outcomes
  • re-purposing Scientific method
    • if you were to say Scientific method applied to non-scientific stuff, you’d intuitively be doing pragmatism…
    • though it gives a different feeling in situations like
      • “Oh this person is really pragmatic”
      • use “scientific” instead and it becomes mocking unless the person is a real scientist
  • differences you’d intituitively discover
    • rejects anything abstract that doesn’t give tangible results
    • versatile - no need for empiric truths/abstractions necessary
    • accessible - general scope, not limited to scientific research
    • hypothesis instead of solutions
  • Similar to - First principle thinking
    • without the focus on almost re-inventing the wheel
    • more versatile & accessible
• Why? - validate/confirm causes & effects
  • to grow in any field or upgrade a system

1. Problem - Which is most important to solve? leverage/Root problem - cause n effect
2. Solution - Experimenting using Reasoning to get feedback/solution
3. Feedback - Refine next educated guess until a solution is found
   • Bad/Good feedback? Analytics
     • when we’re getting closer to solution? or pivot instead?
   • Speed of iteration, fail fast optimally
     • usage of resources vs predicted outcomes

• Summarized
  • think & learn
  • execute
  • repeat until it works

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• E.g.
  • system thinking
  • not being scared of ghots
    • if there is an haunted house, the one who don’t believe in ghost will have a better time
  • Believing in something just because makes you strongher or it’s practical - fonte
  • With dangers to take into account
    • you can’t cure depression like this - Andrew Tate.
      • prevent the problem, don’t avoid it
        • It may be a good coping mechanism only with equilibrate relianace. A way to still incorporate this is making a list of red flags that when flagged it would encourage the individual to seek help.
      • risking lifes on a low percentage cure rate tool is bad
        • Even though pragmatism may cure the clynically depressed guy we’re risking him to relapse and suicide while there could be taken a different approach that may have led to the same result but at least it was considered the best option with the best probability of success. That’s why pragmatism should not be used to prevent or cure clynical depression but rather as a plus added to standard procedures made by professionals

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