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> There's still a higher probability that you WILL come to your desired solution if you have more thoughts. Sounds like an unsupported assertion to me. And no
by gyro_robo 19y ago
> There's still a higher probability that you WILL come to your desired solution if you have more thoughts.
Sounds like an unsupported assertion to me. And not how the brain seems to work, at least that we can tell -- e.g. computer chess vs. human chess. You seem to be describing a brute force approach.
> The trick is to focus on one thing at a time.
That sounds awfully contradictory.
> Your reply really gets under my skin for some reason.
Tripe like "think smarter" gets under mine. This ain't no pointy-hair seminar!
- palish 19y agoFocusing on one thing at a time falls under "think smarter". Do you not get anything done because you're scatterbrained or something? Yeesh, I've elicited an almost religious response from you.
- gyro_robo 19y agoThere's a difference between critiquing ideas and ad hominem attacks. "Think smarter" is so vague and nebulous it can refer to anything you want it to. This is the first time I've heard it refer to "focus", as that usually falls under the category of... "focus". And certainly it's the first time I've read advice to "think more thoughts" claim to mean "focus on one thing", and "think faster" claim to mean "spend more time on something".