Saturday, September 19, 2026

More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 22 271-280 (Of Refining upon Other Men’s Actions or Interests)

 More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 22 271-280 (Of Refining upon Other Men’s Actions or Interests)

Bonus: 

Not a good game.

Summary: Don't be so judgey.

Commentary: 

271. This seems to be the Master-Piece of our Politicians; But no Body shoots more at Random, than those Refiners.

The Refiners have a high fire rate, but poor aim.

274. If an able Man refines upon the Proceedings of an ordinary Capacity, according to his own, he must ever miss it: But much more the ordinary Man, when he shall pretend to speculate the Motives to the able Man’s Actions: For the Able Man deceives himself by making t’other wiser than he is in the Reason of his Conduct; and the ordinary Man makes himself so, in presuming to judge of the Reasons of the Abler Man’s Actions.

This is the William Penn version of the Dunning Kruger effect.

 

 

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More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 22 271-280 (Of Refining upon Other Men’s Actions or Interests)

 More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 22 271-280 (Of Refining upon Other Men’s Actions or Interests) Bonus:  Not a good game...