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Avoid Thinking (Like An Expert, That Is)

The Science of Self

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Thinking Like an Expert

Experts skim and make assumptions about the basics because that's how their world works. This is due to a psychological phenomenon called goldovsky error. The more your expertise grows, the harder it becomes to spot these small airs. Thinking like an expert is by no means a bad practice, as it's what gives rise to new connec s,. But for our purposes, it does create some rather large pitfalls which lead us to missing the trees for the forest.

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