Frequently asked questions about thinking, epistemology, and cognitive tools. 1100 answers
Your schema about a thing is never the thing itself — useful but always incomplete.
Your schema about a thing is never the thing itself — useful but always incomplete.
No schema perfectly represents reality but some are more useful than others for a given purpose.
No schema perfectly represents reality but some are more useful than others for a given purpose.
No schema perfectly represents reality but some are more useful than others for a given purpose.
No schema perfectly represents reality but some are more useful than others for a given purpose.
No schema perfectly represents reality but some are more useful than others for a given purpose.
You cannot change a schema you cannot see. The moment you become aware of a schema operating in your thinking, you gain a degree of freedom you did not have before — the ability to evaluate it, adjust it, or replace it. Without awareness, the schema runs you. With awareness, you run it.
You cannot change a schema you cannot see. The moment you become aware of a schema operating in your thinking, you gain a degree of freedom you did not have before — the ability to evaluate it, adjust it, or replace it. Without awareness, the schema runs you. With awareness, you run it.
Every schema captures some details and loses others — resolution is a design choice.
Every schema captures some details and loses others — resolution is a design choice.
Every schema captures some details and loses others — resolution is a design choice.
Every schema captures some details and loses others — resolution is a design choice.
Multiple schemas can apply to the same situation and the one that wins shapes your response.
Multiple schemas can apply to the same situation and the one that wins shapes your response.
The schemas you apply automatically without thinking are the hardest to examine.
The schemas you apply automatically without thinking are the hardest to examine.
The schemas you apply automatically without thinking are the hardest to examine.
The schemas you apply automatically without thinking are the hardest to examine.
The words you habitually use reveal and reinforce the schemas you operate from.
The words you habitually use reveal and reinforce the schemas you operate from.
The words you habitually use reveal and reinforce the schemas you operate from.
The words you habitually use reveal and reinforce the schemas you operate from.
The words you habitually use reveal and reinforce the schemas you operate from.