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It's more than that. Reifying your mental symbols affords better and more complex symbol manipulation. It's the same principle behind writing down equations ins
by dTal 5y ago
It's more than that. Reifying your mental symbols affords better and more complex symbol manipulation. It's the same principle behind writing down equations instead of doing them in your head.
- waste_monk 5y agoI thought it was more that the human brain "stack" is very small and thus unsuitable for complex operations with many variables. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus...