I Don't Care

[Alan V]

Probably I've mentioned the Nicomachean Ethics before. This is all spelled out in that book. Spewing out -- or even feeling -- too much or too little of any emotion is considered to be a moral problem and, I have no doubt, can lead to health problems as well. Aristotle says that the wise man operates in the middle path, not too much not too little. And how does the wise man know how much is too much? Because he's wise. Which means there is no practical advice at all -- you just have to be wise. 

Having spent a large portion of my life down the "wisdom" rabbit hole, I would like to add that I don't think we can ever escape the limitations of our perceptions. In other words, we all have certain batting averages of accurate versus inaccurate responses. At best, "wise people" have good batting averages. They will still make mistakes. So if they try to rationalize those mistakes to appear wiser than they are, they are actually decreasing their batting averages by trying to mislead others. Following up and correcting errors is important, and is just about all we can do.