Difference between revisions of "Cached thought"
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| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/k5/cached_thoughts/ Cached Thoughts | + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/k5/cached_thoughts/ Cached Thoughts] |
==Other posts== | ==Other posts== | ||
| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/k8/how_to_seem_and_be_deep/ How to Seem (and Be) Deep] | + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/k8/how_to_seem_and_be_deep/ How to Seem (and Be) Deep] — Just find ways of violating cached expectations. |
| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ic/the_virtue_of_narrowness/ The Virtue of Narrowness] and [http://lesswrong.com/lw/k7/original_seeing/ Original Seeing] | + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ic/the_virtue_of_narrowness/ The Virtue of Narrowness] and [http://lesswrong.com/lw/k7/original_seeing/ Original Seeing] — One way to fight cached patterns of thought is to focus on precise concepts. |
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/d2/cached_procrastination/ Cached Procrastination] by [[jimrandomh]] | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/d2/cached_procrastination/ Cached Procrastination] by [[jimrandomh]] | ||
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/4e/cached_selves/ Cached Selves] by [[Anna Salamon]] and [[Steve Rayhawk]] | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/4e/cached_selves/ Cached Selves] by [[Anna Salamon]] and [[Steve Rayhawk]] | ||
Revision as of 05:11, 17 November 2009
A cached thought is an answer that was arrived at by recalling the old conclusion, rather than performing the reasoning from scratch.
What is generally called common sense is more or less a collection of cached thoughts.
See also
- Groupthink, Information cascade
- Status quo bias
- Semantic stopsign, Separate magisteria
- Rationalist taboo
Main post
Other posts
- How to Seem (and Be) Deep — Just find ways of violating cached expectations.
- The Virtue of Narrowness and Original Seeing — One way to fight cached patterns of thought is to focus on precise concepts.
- Cached Procrastination by jimrandomh
- Cached Selves by Anna Salamon and Steve Rayhawk
