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{"pageProps":{"metadata":{"date":"\"2021-05-08 23:12:29 +08:00\"","date_modified":"\"2021-07-22 14:13:32 +08:00\"","language":"en","source":""},"title":"We are more associative than structured","hast":{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"nav","properties":{"className":"toc"},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"ol","properties":{"className":"toc-level toc-level-1"},"children":[]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Knowing "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/learning.the-basics-of-memory"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"The basics of memory"}]},{"type":"text","value":", our neurons represent more like a web of thoughts.\nInnovation often comes from combining aspects from a network of ideas (see "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-06-24-18-10-02"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Creativity does not mean originality"}]},{"type":"text","value":").\nOur brain is good at relating each topic with something else.\nTo exemplify the point further, try to start at a single word and make a word map around it.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"This is subtly present in daily life mostly filled with links from one thing to another.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"ul","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Most conversations — e.g., \"X is just Y but better\", \"Cuphead is the Dark Souls of run-and-gun\", \"Markdown is simplified HTML\", \"Lenen is Touhou but harder\".\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"In marketing — e.g., \"This is just Y but cheaper\", use cases presented as a narrative, comparison with other products, our tendency to equate price to quality.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"In learning — e.g., \"FANBOYS\" to describe the English conjunction words, \"Every good boy does fine\" to describe the notes placed in the lines of the music sheet.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Nostalgia — e.g., whenever we walked into an old place, we may remember the olden days.\n"}]}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"When knowing a new topic, we strive to compare between the new and the familiar things.\n"},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-05-14-11-48-20"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Understanding comes first from memory"}]},{"type":"text","value":" including the things we already know.\nWe are desperate to create a hook between the new and the old as we have an inherent understanding that newer ideas are built on top of other ideas.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"However, "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-07-22-14-13-16"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"We are more structured than associative"}]},{"type":"text","value":" at times.\nWe do need some order to make some sense.\n"}]}]},"backlinks":[{"path":"/2021-05-07-09-22-06","title":"Types of notes"},{"path":"/2021-05-17-08-47-37","title":"We know more compared to what we understood"},{"path":"/2021-07-15-07-26-02","title":"Ignorance is better than misinformation"},{"path":"/2021-07-21-17-59-19","title":"Examples and stories are more memorable than explanations"},{"path":"/2021-07-22-14-13-16","title":"We are more structured than associative"},{"path":"/learning.anatomy-of-the-brain","title":"Anatomy of the brain"},{"path":"/learning.chunking","title":"Chunking"},{"path":"/learning.pitfalls.overlearning","title":"Overlearning"},{"path":"/learning.pitfalls.procrastination","title":"Procrastination"},{"path":"/learning.pitfalls.tunnel-vision","title":"Tunnel vision"},{"path":"/learning.techniques.interleaving","title":"Switching between different topics makes new perspective"},{"path":"/learning.techniques.memory-palace","title":"Memory palace"}]},"__N_SSG":true}