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Usually mental models develop "organically" from when one was a n00b, without much thought, and sometimes it can take a long time for them to be unseated, even
by arp242 3y ago
Usually mental models develop "organically" from when one was a n00b, without much thought, and sometimes it can take a long time for them to be unseated, even though it's kind of obvious in hindsight that the mental model is wrong (e.g. one can see that from "slow-program | less", and things like that).
- maicro 3y agoI think a main reason for this is that you can have a "good enough" working mental model of a process, that holds up to your typical use cases and even moderate scrutiny. It's often only once you run into a case where your mental model fails that you even think to challenge the assumptions it was built on - at least, this has been my experience.
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