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curse-of-knowledge.md

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+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: Curse of Knowledge
+tags: []
+---
+# Curse of Knowledge
+
+The **curse of knowledge** is a cognitive bias
+which impairs the ability of one with specialized knowledge
+to consider the perspective of one without it.
+
+## See Also
+
+* [false consensus effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consensus_effect)

drinking-ones-own-kool-aid.md

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+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: "Drinking One's Own Kool-Aid"
+tags: []
+---
+# Drinking One's Own Kool-Aid
+
+> "Don't drink your own Kool-Aid"
+
+**Drinking one's own Kool-Aid** is a form of systemic self-delusion
+whereby an individual convinces themself
+
+Contrast with [drinking _the_ Kool-Aid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid)
+which generally connotates acceptance
+of erroneous worldviews spread by _others_.
+
+## See Also
+
+* [[einstellung-effect]]
+* [apophenia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia)
+* [confirmation bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias)

einstellung-effect.md

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+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: _Einstellung_ Effect
+tags: []
+---
+# _Einstellung_ Effect
+
+The [_Einstellung_ effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstellung_effect)
+is the tendency to use a familiar tool to solve a new problem
+even when another tool may be superior for the purpose.
+
+> \[It\]is the negative effect of previous experience when solving new problems.
+
+> When all you've got is a hammer,
+> everything looks like a nail.

timestamped/2026-04-15_19-28-06.md

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+---
+id: 2026-04-15T19:28:06-04:00
+aliases: []
+title: 2026-04-15 19:28:06
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/periodic/timestamped
+daily: "[[2026-04-15]]"
+date-created: 2026-04-15T19:28:06-04:00
+dg-publish: true
+monthly: "[[2026-04]]"
+quarterly: "[[2026-Q2]]"
+weekly: "[[2026-W16]]"
+yearly: "[[2026]]"
+---
+# 2026-04-15 19:28:06
+
+## "Obsidian for Learning Part II: Process"
+
+["Obsidian for Learning Part II: Process" - No Boilerplate](https://youtu.be/Tyw6quANpiY)
+
+No Boilerplate first got me into [[obsidian]]
+so to see them endorse such strange patterns without qualification is frustrating.
+I suspect that Tris is a victim of [[drinking-ones-own-kool-aid]].
+
+***
+
+Clearly we have different priorities for our vaults,
+but I tend to think mine are more consistent.
+
+***
+
+I couldn't trade git version control
+for the convenience of Obsidian Sync on mobile.
+The timeline of my understanding
+is just as important as the result.
+
+***
+
+Tris has repeated ~~somewhere~~
+a piece of advice for Obsidian [[personal-knowledge-management]]
+that I think ought to be nonnegotiable.
+
+> You get one vault. Figure it out.
+
+***
+
+PKM, as I understand it, is in service of [[synthesis]],
+that if you have access to your knowledge
+without the effort and problems of recall,
+your processing power can be spent making connections.
+
+***
+
+The problem with titled notes
+is that titles are a barrier to writing
+that serve no purpose.
+
+> [!quote] [Steph Ango "Evergreen notes turn ideas into objects that you can manipulate"](https://stephango.com/evergreen-notes)
+> * A company is a superorganism
+> * All input is error
+> * Calmness is a superpower
+> * Concise explanations accelerate progress
+> * Cross the chasm
+> * Everything is a remix
+> * Writing is telepathy
+> * You have no obligation to your former self
+> * etc
+
+These are not summaries,
+this is quippy bullshit.
+If it seems like this would be a good way to organize ideas
+you are vastly underestimating the number of ideas you have.
+At scale you won't be able to distinguish between
+"Concise explanations accelerate progress"
+and "Accelerating progress explanations",
+and if titles-as-filenames doesn't aid organization
+you might as well use timestamps, which do.
+
+***
+
+Still I think the best way to start Obsidian
+is to install it with no expectations or introduction
+then write everything in unique notes with the core plugin.

timestamped/2026-04-15_19-58-19.md

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+---
+id: 2026-04-15T19:58:19-04:00
+aliases: []
+title: 2026-04-15 19:58:19
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/periodic/timestamped
+dg-publish: true
+date-created: 2026-04-15T19:58:19-04:00
+daily: "[[2026-04-15]]"
+weekly: "[[2026-W16]]"
+monthly: "[[2026-04]]"
+quarterly: "[[2026-Q2]]"
+yearly: "[[2026]]"
+---
+# 2026-04-15 19:58:19
+
+## Gell-Man Amnesia Effect
+
+The [Gell-Mann amnesia effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#%22Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect%22)
+may explain my tendency to rave about literature on other disciplines.
+I am a bitter detractor of Mike Holt,
+(who may be the only thing approaching a published researcher in our shared fields[^1])
+but I'm quick to ignore typos and other presentation issues
+which may be indicative of low rigor
+in books and articles for adjacent fields.
+
+[^1]: Those being the electrical trade (as practiced by electricians)
+    and electrical estimating.
+

timestamped/2026-04-15_22-03-02.md

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+---
+id: 2026-04-15T22:03:02-04:00
+aliases: []
+title: 2026-04-15 22:03:02
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/periodic/timestamped
+dg-publish: true
+date-created: 2026-04-15T22:03:02-04:00
+daily: "[[2026-04-15]]"
+weekly: "[[2026-W16]]"
+monthly: "[[2026-04]]"
+quarterly: "[[2026-Q2]]"
+yearly: "[[2026]]"
+---
+# 2026-04-15 22:03:02
+
+I used to think that with a good enough explanation
+people could be disabused of their flawed understandings.
+Increasingly I feel that well reasoned logic
+may be the smallest part of why opinions change,
+that it's much more a case of right place, right time.

xy-problem.md

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 > where the question is about an end user's attempted solution (X)
 > rather than the root problem itself (Y).
 
+The XY problem is an example of the [[einstellung-effect]].
+
 > [!quote] [_How To Ask Questions The Smart Way_ --- Eric Steven Raymond](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html)
 > > [!quote] ["Questions Not To Ask"](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#classic)
 > > **Q:** How can I use X to do Y?
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 > >
 > > The second version of the question is smart.
 > > It allows an answer that suggests a tool better suited to the task.
+
+