I guess I would say that wish-fulfillment is, like everything else, important in moderation and dangerous in excess. That seems kind of obvious, but it looks like where you are going.
I would also say that being cynical about people who claim to show you how to understand everything is essential, but that doesn't in any way mean you have to be cynical about people who claim to show you how to understand something you don't understand. Open-minded, perhaps critically evaluative, but not cynical.
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Date: 2014-06-12 04:57 pm (UTC)I would also say that being cynical about people who claim to show you how to understand everything is essential, but that doesn't in any way mean you have to be cynical about people who claim to show you how to understand something you don't understand. Open-minded, perhaps critically evaluative, but not cynical.
Not sure this is at all useful ...