Topic
Learning & Reasoning
Mental models, explanations, and reasoning tools for understanding things more reliably.
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- Feynman-Style ExplanationThe useful habit associated with Richard Feynman is simple: try to reconstruct an idea in plain language rather than hiding behind familiar words. When the explanation breaks, becomes circular, or depends on unexplained jargon, you have found a gap in your understanding.
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- Survivorship BiasSurvivorship bias occurs when the cases you can observe are a filtered subset of the cases that originally existed, and you forget to reason about what is missing.
- The Scientific MethodThere is no single universal sixstep scientific method that every scientist follows. Real science includes experiments, natural observations, simulations, historical reconstruction, instrument building, model comparison, and exploratory work.