Interestingly Jim Keller spoke about this on (I believe) the Lex Friedman podcast. He said something along the lines of 'Most people are pattern matchers, they

Interestingly Jim Keller spoke about this on (I believe) the Lex Friedman podcast. He said something along the lines of 'Most people are pattern matchers, they are good at applying known patterns to problems they face. However, the best people know when to pattern match, and, also, when to go deep and apply first principles thinking.' He then cited Elon Musk as a great example of this.