Rather than thinking of different perspectives (which the author mentions in the last paragraph), I like to think of the list of facts I know as divided into two categories:
"the things which I think are actually true, based on data I've obtained from lots of first hand witnesses and, perhaps, first hand"
"the things which I dreamed up in my head, which allow me to tell a narrative about a phenomenon, but about which there are other people who actually know the real answer if I can only find and listen to them."
This is mostly so I can fit an anti-relativist empiricist worldview into one where I have to listen to other people (especially when they're talking about interesting things) - i.e. while the universe (and morality) are deterministic, I have not measured everything about them yet (and I will never finish this task).
Also my chronic fear of embarrassment in unfamiliar social groups is helpful in making me shut up and listen for a while, and generally stops me contributing where I would "show my ass" as the OP says (although, as a white, straight, cis-male with too many qualifications, I tend to speak up and make a fool of myself depressingly often in spite of this.)
"the things which I think are actually true, based on data I've obtained from lots of first hand witnesses and, perhaps, first hand"
"the things which I dreamed up in my head, which allow me to tell a narrative about a phenomenon, but about which there are other people who actually know the real answer if I can only find and listen to them."
This is mostly so I can fit an anti-relativist empiricist worldview into one where I have to listen to other people (especially when they're talking about interesting things) - i.e. while the universe (and morality) are deterministic, I have not measured everything about them yet (and I will never finish this task).
Also my chronic fear of embarrassment in unfamiliar social groups is helpful in making me shut up and listen for a while, and generally stops me contributing where I would "show my ass" as the OP says (although, as a white, straight, cis-male with too many qualifications, I tend to speak up and make a fool of myself depressingly often in spite of this.)