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Graph-traversal-as-thinking pattern
the cognitive technique where following connections through a knowledge graph generates insights that neither the individual nodes nor random access could produce, because traversal activates associative chains
Why This Is a Pattern
Exemplifies Relational meaning-making has structural properties… (relational meaning) and Extended Cognition Thesis (externalization). Recurs in Zettelkasten, research, brainstorming, serendipitous discovery.