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Pedagogy Model for Creating Trainings

Note: This was given as an example of what not to do - so use with caution. A suggested better method was Accelerated Expertise Training

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #learning #skill #teaching

Published on Sep 09, 2021

Purposeful Practice

Related to Deliberate Practice

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #habit #deep-work #learning

Published on Sep 09, 2021

Intelligence is ability to accomplish complex goals

Intelligence = ability to accomplish complex goals

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #intelligence #problem-solving #meta-cognition

Published on Sep 09, 2021

Uncertainty Is A Good Epistemic Habit

Instead of talking only about things that you are convinced about, talk also about things that you believe along with the path you took to arrive at your belief. You should convey your uncertainty in the belief if you have some.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #knowledge #belief #epistemology #rationality

Published on Sep 02, 2021

Bayesian Epistemology

Beliefs should have a defined degree of certainity rather than a binary true/false(like in classical Epistemology).

Tagged With: #literature-notes #probability #epistemology #philosophy

Published on Aug 30, 2021

Hot-Cold Empathy Gap

There is a significant difference in how we act in an emotionally changed state(hot state) when compared to your normal state(cold). When you are in cold state, you cannot predict how you will act when when in a cold state - you predict using your current state.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #psychology #emotion #decision-making

Published on Aug 30, 2021

Focus Difference in System 1 and System 2

When we encounter an easy problem we are relaxed/not focused. In this mode, the System 1 thinking is strengthened and system 2 weakened. When we are in this state, we will be more creative and intuitive. But we are more likely to make mistakes.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #focus #thinking #meta-cognition #psychology

Published on Aug 18, 2021

Substitution Heuristic

We substitute the actual question with an easier to answer question. Eg. "Will this man be a good secretary" becomes "Does this man fit my mental idea of a good secretary?"

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #cognitive-bias #meta-cognition #psychology

Published on Aug 18, 2021

Availability Heuristic

You overestimate the probability of something that you hear more often/remember easily. Eg. We think accidents kill more people than strokes.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #cognitive-bias #meta-cognition #psychology

Published on Aug 18, 2021