Theory versus decision-making ability
Hello Rabbi,
Refinement question on the topic of scholarly thinking, lessons 1-2,
If I understood correctly, you divided between academic (theoretical) ability and decision-making ability,
When you have identified some overlap between high academic ability and low decision-making ability.
The question is, is this a technical-factual identification (for example, someone who is interested in theory is less interested in practice and therefore does not engage in decision-making because it does not interest him, and as a result he is less good at it),
Or a fundamental identification that means a trade-off between abilities (and then actually a high level of engagement in scholarship somehow blurs the identification of the critical part for the decision on each side or something like that)
I think the first option, but want to make sure I understand correctly.
Thank you very much for the lessons.
My argument is that these two are different intellectual faculties: analytical and synthetic ability. Someone who acts analytically is usually weak synthetically, and vice versa. But there is no fundamental obstacle to someone having good skills in both planes. It is just rarer. There is also, of course, the question of the trust a person places in analytical or synthetic tools (and not just his abilities in these planes).
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