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masochistic epistemology
nietzsche's "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" as an epistemic method
friedrich nietzsche argued that hardship is essential for personal and intellectual growth. a masochistic epistemologist might deliberately seek out suffering—physical, mental, or existential—to reach higher knowledge. this could include exposing oneself to extreme contradictions in philosophy, embracing cognitive dissonance, or deliberately engaging with unsettling ideas to refine one's perspective.
the “trial by fire” academic approach
some scholars believe that only by putting themselves under extreme academic pressure—sleep deprivation, obsessive study habits, grueling argumentation—can they truly grasp a subject…