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This is definitely what I was thinking about when I started my comment. I torpedoed my own point with the comment about the model being "too useful". Your expla
by tobyjsullivan 4y ago
This is definitely what I was thinking about when I started my comment. I torpedoed my own point with the comment about the model being "too useful". Your explanation is much better.
When I said "I can't stop," I was referring more to this tendency to borrow models to explain unrelated systems. It's just a thing my brain wants to do and I can't help it (and again, I seem to convince myself that it's somehow accurate or useful even if, rationally, I'm quite sure it's not).
- colechristensen 4y agoYup, unrelated things do indeed often look and behave in similar ways. Humans are just a little bit overdriven to find patterns and end up finding some that don’t exist. It’s a useful trait for finding difficult patterns and there’s probably a stable point to maximize benefits which lands on finding a few too many.