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poll: do you have a process running in your mind that is constantly checking whether or not what you’re doing “makes sense” or “is good” or something similar?

yes, and i like it
26.3%
yes, and i hate it
33.6%
no wtf
24%
dunno / other / results
16.1%

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10:36 PM · Jan 25, 2022Twitter for iPad

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jan 25

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is this 🦋 neuroticism

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

· Jan 13

@qorprate told me recently that the proper term for this is "neurotic" which really makes a lot of sense and i gotta wonder why we mostly stopped using such a useful word

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jan 25

maybe i should have said “compulsively” instead of “constantly”; it wouldn’t be so bad if i knew how to relax it on purpose but i don’t :/

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yes: criticism/error-correction is core to creativity :)

Carnun

@CarnunMP

Jan 25

probably many such processes, at different levels

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Na I often just do things and then fret that they didn't make sense after

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"Constantly," no. Every hour or two I'll check-in to see whether what I'm doing is what I actually want to be doing, assuming nothing else like an emotion or outside stimuli pings my attention to check first.