We don’t know what we believe until we’re asked

Heh.  I have a post somewhere way back towards the beginning of Thingfinder in 2007 expressing this precise sentiment - writing in order to test my thinking.  

We have Schrödinger’s opinions: we don’t know what we believe until we’re asked. This is why we should write even when chatbots can write for us; interrogating yourself on the page is how you learn what you think and realize who you are.

— Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) March 12, 2026

I also had the additional objective to create a record for myself to see how my thinking and understanding of things evolved over time.