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Made in Cosmos

@made_in_cosmos

May 18, 2020

If people knew how to google, I would be out of my job 😅

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@Triquetrea

May 18, 2020

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The more I think about it, the more I think I already know how to code from my experiences with tech support. > Something goes wrong with someone's PC. > "Can you help?" > "Sure, show me the error code" 5 minutes later: > "Try this." > "Wow, how do you know this stuff?"

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I mean, I know people are lazy - but the ease with which we block out any information that would force us to learn something is pretty impressive.

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It's not even about being lazy, more of an expectation that "These people have been trained to do this. They must know something that I don't."

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@Triquetrea

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@made_in_cosmos

I'm not implying this is particular, personal laziness, as much as that our brains filter most info and labels even the simplest explainers as technobabble. Doctor: "So you have no elevated blood pressure and your temperature is fine, so it's not-" Brain: "Doctor mouth go blah"

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E.g. I tend to forget most of the interesting stuff that comes up when I'm on acid. I think this is less about serotonin, more that working memory can't cope with the information load. Our information processing is symbolic but we perceive it holistically. It's lossy as hell.