[HN Gopher] An Astronaut's Guide to Mental Models
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       An Astronaut's Guide to Mental Models
        
       Author : yarapavan
       Score  : 94 points
       Date   : 2020-02-11 12:44 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | GaryNumanVevo wrote:
       | I've just discovered "Mental Models". It's really weird putting a
       | name to the mechanisms I've used to explain and reason for as
       | long as I can remember.
        
         | morley wrote:
         | I've heard the word "heuristics" more recently, but I think I
         | learned (and later forgot) both terms when I was a kid.
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         | One interesting thing about heuristics is that it's important
         | to learn when they _don't_ apply. If a heuristic is true 80% of
         | the time, it's also untrue 20% of the time.
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         | And the obverse to that thought is that you shouldn't let that
         | 20% fail rate discourage you from using the heuristic the other
         | 80% of times.
        
         | newprint wrote:
         | Smell BS ? It is a new Buzz word. Just wait, it will pass.
        
           | kempbellt wrote:
           | Not everyone has such a verbose vocabulary to describe the
           | intricacies of the human mind and the mechanisms it uses to
           | map and navigate the world.
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           | For a child "I pictured it in my head" is equivalent to an
           | adult saying "I have a mental model of it"
        
           | oh_sigh wrote:
           | The term was coined in the 1940s so it is not likely a buzz
           | word.
        
           | Dayjagupta wrote:
           | Promoting diverse and inclusive ways of thinking is a
           | buzzword now?
        
       | dvt wrote:
       | The "mental models" stuff just seems like gobbledygook. Hadfield
       | is giving regular kind of advice you read everywhere from Sun Tzu
       | to John Wooden:                   - Don't be selfish         -
       | Learn from your mistakes         - Expect the unexpected
       | - Etc.
       | 
       | Doesn't really seem like Earth-shattering stuff.
        
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