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This is a great question @SmokeDragon! (I disagree with some of your list though)
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This is a great question @SmokeDragon! (I disagree with some of your list though)
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On "can I call myself good", I am always perplexed at those, usually non-religious, that seem to think it is as easy as "just being good". If I am being honest, most of these virtues I do not routinely show. The reason this is a problem when it comes to calling myself good, I explain by analogy:
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On "can I call myself good", I am always perplexed at those, usually non-religious, that seem to think it is as easy as "just being good". If I am being honest, most of these virtues I do not routinely show. The reason this is a problem when it comes to calling myself good, I explain by analogy:
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We usually consider elderly people to be frailer than young people.
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We usually consider elderly people to be frailer than young people.
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We usually consider whoever routinely benchpresses 90kg strong.
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We usually consider whoever routinely benchpresses 90kg strong.
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We usually consider those who run 100 meters in less than 10 seconds fast.
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We usually consider those who run 100 meters in less than 10 seconds fast.
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We usually consider the top 10 matchmaking/custom players here to be better players.
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We usually consider the top 10 matchmaking/custom players here to be better players.
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What makes these facts intuitive? I would say it is:
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What makes these facts intuitive? I would say it is:
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Because elderly people usually have to put in more effort than young people to lift things, move around, etc
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Because elderly people usually have to put in more effort than young people to lift things, move around, etc
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Because people are unable to bench 90kg, and of those who can, can only do a few reps.
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Because people are unable to bench 90kg, and of those who can, can only do a few reps.
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Because few people, in societies where being overweight is >40% of the population, can even run 100m without being winded, let alone run 100m in less than 10 seconds.
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Because few people, in societies where being overweight is >40% of the population, can even run 100m without being winded, let alone run 100m in less than 10 seconds.
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Because the top players can do things with their units and gameplan that a lot of people cannot.
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Because the top players can do things with their units and gameplan that a lot of people cannot.
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All of this shows a principle we are not usually thinking about consciously:
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All of this shows a principle we are not usually thinking about consciously:
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The better we are at something, the easier it gets to us.
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The better we are at something, the easier it gets to us.
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That is why we say:
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That is why we say:
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"You make it look easy!"
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"You make it look easy!"
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Or why Sun Tzu can say:
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Or why Sun Tzu can say:
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"The skillful warrior of old won easy battles"
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"The skillful warrior of old won easy battles"
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For myself, I don't spend much time calculating every dagger infiltration - if you've ever had the misfortune of losing a factory to me sending 15 daggers at you, you know what I'm talking about. For me, sneaking daggers through gaps is a normal part of my playstyle, and I don't spend any effort hold firing to snipe your lotus, so I take less losses, I don't struggle focus firing things whilst moving my daggers, I don't struggle finding gaps through lotus walls.
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For myself, I don't spend much time calculating every dagger infiltration - if you've ever had the misfortune of losing a factory to me sending 15 daggers at you, you know what I'm talking about. For me, sneaking daggers through gaps is a normal part of my playstyle, and I don't spend any effort hold firing to snipe your lotus, so I take less losses, I don't struggle focus firing things whilst moving my daggers, I don't struggle finding gaps through lotus walls.
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But if you're new, you're probably fighting a bit with the controls, or struggle with understanding how many of a raider you need to kill a lotus, scalpel/moderator One Salvo KO breakpoints...
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But if you're new, you're probably fighting a bit with the controls, or struggle with understanding how many of a raider you need to kill a lotus, scalpel/moderator One Salvo KO breakpoints...
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Now, if I am not extending the above examples too far:
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Now, if I am not extending the above examples too far:
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Surely, if you are [b]not[/b] good at doing something, you find it hard? And if you find it hard, you are not good at it? This is why students say Engineering Calculus is hard, because they are not good at it (and I'm not that good either).
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Surely, if you are [b]not[/b] good at doing something, you find it hard? And if you find it hard, you are not good at it? This is why students say Engineering Calculus is hard, because they are not good at it (and I'm not that good either).
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So,
if
we
find
the
many
higher
ideals
in
many
religions
or
philosophies
difficult
to
attain,
or
if
we,
being
honest,
cannot
reliably
carry
out
even
@SmokeDragon's
list,
does
it
not
show
that
your
are
not
good
at
doing
good?
Certainly,
the
very
fact
people
recognize
that
these
virtues
are
"higher"
and
"strive"
to
cultivate
these
should
give
us
pause:
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So,
if
we
find
the
many
higher
ideals
in
many
religions
or
philosophies
difficult
to
attain,
or
if
we,
being
honest,
cannot
reliably
carry
out
even
@SmokeDragon's
list,
does
it
not
show
that
you
are
not
good
at
doing
good?
Certainly,
the
very
fact
people
recognize
that
these
virtues
are
"higher"
and
"strive"
to
cultivate
these
should
give
us
pause:
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We have to cultivate these virtues because they are not naturally in us.
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We have to cultivate these virtues because they are not naturally in us.
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We need to check our tongues when we get angry because we find it [i]easy[/i] to speak harshly.
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We need to check our tongues when we get angry because we find it [i]easy[/i] to speak harshly.
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We remind ourselves to be peaceful when insulted because we find it easy to lash out.
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We remind ourselves to be peaceful when insulted because we find it easy to lash out.
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If we are being honest, it takes us focus to focus on someone else instead of thinking about what I am going to do, or what I am going to say.
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If we are being honest, it takes us focus to focus on someone else instead of thinking about what I am going to do, or what I am going to say.
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We find it easier to argue than it is to understand.
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We find it easier to argue than it is to understand.
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Concluding,
we
find
these
things
hard
-
perhaps
it
is
easier
when
alone,
because
it
appears
that
it
is
a
lot
easier
to
be
peaceful
when
no
one
is
"bugging"
you,
which
shows
something
about
us.
That
we
are
not,
contrary
to
our
own
beliefs,
good
people.
We
are
rash,
angry,
self-absorbed,
argumentative
people.
Just
like
we
call
someone
who
finds
it
difficult
to
stand
upright
unstable,
so
we
call
ourselves,
who
find
it
difficult
to
do
good,
"not
good".
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Concluding,
we
find
these
things
hard
-
perhaps
it
is
easier
when
alone,
because
it
appears
that
it
is
a
lot
easier
to
be
peaceful
when
no
one
is
"bugging"
you,
which
shows
something
about
us.
That
we
are
not,
contrary
to
our
own
beliefs,
good
people.
We
are
rash,
angry,
self-absorbed,
argumentative
people.
Just
like
we
call
someone
who
finds
it
difficult
to
stand
upright
unstable,
so
we
should
call
ourselves,
who
find
it
difficult
to
do
good,
"not
good".
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are you good?