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The opposite of "Deep Work". Great for getting stuff done; but a poor substitute for understanding. Good for practitioners not researchers. Because a working b
by hyperpallium2 6y ago
The opposite of "Deep Work". Great for getting stuff done; but a poor substitute for understanding. Good for practitioners not researchers.
Because a working but incorrect mental model is a terrifyingly insidious, almost impenetrable barrier to actual understanding.
- ineedasername 6y agoYes, this is, at best, a recipe for understanding how to properly use a complex tool (say LTSM networks) but by no means a mechanism by which you would gain actual understanding. And if you mistake the two, you run into the Dunning-Kruger effect, believe you know more than you do, tweak things in ways you don't completely understand, and end up with utter crap that appears to be gold.