[undershirt]

> I have always found it important to actually understand the things I am using.

> I think there is a certain 'magic' in not understanding certain concepts fully.

With magic everywhere I wonder how many lifetimes it would take to understand the things we use. And I wonder how much of our knowledge is, should, or must remain tacit[1].

And sometimes “surface explanations” kick off deep understandings that you can’t surface at once, or ever. Jordan Peterson tried rationalizing faith in this way, and it was quite a show[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_knowledge

[2] https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL22J3VaeABQD_IZs7y60I3lUr...