[HN Gopher] Don't think to write, write to think ___________________________________________________________________ Don't think to write, write to think Author : herbertl Score : 26 points Date : 2022-08-28 13:21 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (herbertlui.net) (TXT) w3m dump (herbertlui.net) | quercusa wrote: | I once worked for a guy who couldn't understand how anyone could | possibly "write to think". He'd had a career as a high-level | consultant who thought in big-picture/hand-wavy terms and never | had to worry about implementation. | | It was not a fun time. | eimrine wrote: | Good article with some great references. | michaelwww wrote: | I write to think because when I finish typing one thought often | another thought naturally follows. The second thought often | surprises me. Where'd that come from? It happens more often while | writing vs just thinking. | biomcgary wrote: | Sounds like GPT-3. Or, GPT-3 isn't too different from human | writing before editing. | michaelwww wrote: | Maybe GPT-3 could be built into a writing IDE so it would | suggest the next sentence that way a programming IDE suggests | the next code completion. I'd worry that that would inhibit | me from having an original thought, but on the other hand it | might encourage me to reject the suggestion and come up with | something more original. | mostlysimilar wrote: | I use writing as a means to understand my thoughts. Getting them | on paper and editing and refining them helps me think more | clearly. | | I recommend the book Thinking on Paper: | https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1610908.Thinking_on_P... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-08-29 23:00 UTC)