This article is from 2018 and is on the front page of hacker news.
Although "mental models" are a myth, I was reminded of one of my favorite quotes:
“Contingencies contain reasons which rules can never specify.” –B.F. Skinner
commoncog.com/blog/the-menta
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That's a good quote. Thank you.
(I should note that 'mental models', in a Piaget sense, aren't a myth. I object merely to the faddish use of the term.)
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Personally, I'm a bit of an odd duck, and reject mentalistic explanations entirely. Because of it I have been called a Skinnerian, but I'd say that's far more dismissive than decisive or detrimental. Developmentalism, like the other horticultural metaphors, is out for me too.
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You could say I object to the faddish use of the term "mind" or "mental", but it's a fad that's much older than most modern cultures.
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