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#+title: Learn how to forget
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#+date: 2022-05-20 21:48:41 +08:00
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#+date_modified: 2022-05-20 22:06:46 +08:00
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#+language: en
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As a popular saying goes:
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Empty the cup so that it may filled.
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Become devoid to gain totality.
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#+end_quote
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Forgetting is often looked at a negative view but it can be used in a good way.
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Accumulation of knowledge is not often a good thing.
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There are various [[id:9dc7cb08-3aea-4f66-80ac-49a14b4b7642][Pitfalls and illusions of competence]] and situations where one can make a better judgement since [[id:60361cab-d006-4572-a7b2-e9dc7e1bc4da][Being misinformed is better than being ignorant]] (sometimes).
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A good reason to learn about forgetting is [[id:5c603e2c-4dae-465e-abb5-12897ad7466d][Tunnel vision]].
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Its tendency to block out new ideas in the way of solving a problem is certainly not a great situation to be in.
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The solution can be simple: don't think about your initial solution.
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In other words, forget it.
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It can thought of as forcing yourself to see things in a (hopefully) new perspective.
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Basically, the idea of [[id:2667d942-48b6-4d1e-b92b-15c2dab645ed][Switching between different topics makes new perspective]].
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As much as this idea sounds unique, it completely isn't.
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This idea is already made its way through all of our lives.
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- Taking a break whenever we're stumped at a problem.
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- [[id:063dfd73-dbf5-437b-b6f1-d7aeca196f31][Spaced repetition]] is a minor example of this.
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