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#+title: We are more associative than structured
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#+date: "2021-05-08 23:12:29 +08:00"
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#+date_modified: "2021-05-21 23:41:22 +08:00"
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#+language: en
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Knowing [[id:25fb4ebf-2cc4-40fe-93ad-37a79aedfb41][The basics of memory]], our neurons represent more like a web of thoughts.
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Innovation often comes from combining aspects from a network of ideas.
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Our brain is good at relating each topic with something else.
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To exemplify the point further, try to start at a single word and make a word map around it.
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This is subtly present in daily life mostly filled with links from one thing to another.
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- 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".
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Nostalgia — e.g., whenever we walked into an old place, we may remember the olden days.
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When knowing a new topic, we strive to compare between the new and the familiar things.
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[[id:c0e4fb0e-68f2-4db4-8c3e-f5a7845738c3][Understanding comes first from memory]] including the things we already know.
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We 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.
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