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BREAKTHROUGH: How to Get Unstuck and Achieve Anything

The Next Big Idea

CHAPTER

The Illusion of Explanatory Depth

The act of explaining your problem to others can help you solve it. Kevin Kelly, Wired Co-founder, says this in his book Excellent Advice for Living. The illusion of explanatory depth is a phenomenon where people think they understand something better than they really do. By being forced to articulate what you're thinking, it magnifies the bits that are still uncertain and need perhaps a bit more fleshing out.

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