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4. Solomon's Paradox:
We're better at solving other people's problems than our own, because detachment yields objectivity. But Kross et al (2014) found viewing oneself in the 3rd person yields the same detachment, so when trying to help yourself, imagine you're helping a friend.
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
11. The Lesser Minds Problem:
We dismiss those we disagree with as stupid, insane or evil because it saves us from having to deal with the complex truth: that people see things differently from us largely because the labyrinth of experience has led them to different conclusions.
Everyone, a New MEGATHRE...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
I couldn’t believe I spent literal decades confused about people’s behaviors, and it only now occurred to me that I could get better at it. I had received SO many clues and data points my entire life, but my model. Never. Updated. I watched TV and film with new eyes now. Every [TV show was now a puzzle](https://x.com/DefenderOfBasic/status/1766819164352589852), the question was: why are the characters doing this? what will they do next? (I would literally pause and try to make this prediction and then keep going).
My enjoyment of film skyrocketed, and I became obsessed with what truths I could extract. For the first time in my life, I had strong opinions about what a character “should” have done. **I saw myself and the director on equal footing: both of us are looking out into the world and trying to capture a predictive model of people**.
Geoffrey Hinton on Developing Your Own Framework for Understanding Reality
defenderofthebasic.substack.com
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