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> Don't underestimate the extent to which your brain plows through difficulties by throwing neurons at the problem until it goes away. We also mustn't underes
by webmaven 5y ago
> Don't underestimate the extent to which your brain plows through difficulties by throwing neurons at the problem until it goes away.
We also mustn't underestimate the extent in which the human brain is a fuzzy ensemble of partial experts, and composes the first few salient answers provided rather than trying to find a "best" answer that would be too late. Or how often the human brain creates post hoc rationalizations simply to provide narrative continuity.