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other similar domains include stock picking, spirituality, and relationships, psychology, child-rearing, cooking a steak, etc.... all the "Serious Important Stuff" needs to have twice the amount of knowledge as everything else.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1359214964611837953 …

the result of trying to integrate incompatible world views results in a "compromise" of heuristics and rules. it's a solid and virtuous attempt to reconcile everything. picking the "best of all worlds"https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1359517724372705287?s=20 …

however, without a mental framework, it's like having 100 boxes of different christmas decorations without a tree. or like a very small tree where you spend most of your time swapping around decorations. no matter how much "effort" you put into the problem, you NEVER "solve" it

this is where depth can be more useful than breadth. depth requires creating a mental model from scratch. you have to grow the thing from seed, raise it through its teenage and young adult years, and sunset it as its time wanes. raising a pet or a plant is a similar endeavor.