I never notice how dirty my laptop is until I'm showing another person something on my screen
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Or rubberducking. There is little more infuriating than being stymied, going to chat or somewhere to explain it, and halfway through the description suddenly going - 'oh. Oh. 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵! Brain, why couldn't you tell me that 20 minutes ago?'
A variation is the method of the virtual guru where you pretend to be someone else ("why would patrick / gwern / julia / tyler say?"). I've found this shockingly effective.https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1036815737560551426 …
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Patrick: It will be fine in the end! Gwern: Hm, this is totally related to catnip Julia: I agree on the meta level, but I disagree on the object level Tyler: How does this even help economic growth?
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... Now I am nerd-sniped by wondering whether I am more likely to agree on the meta-level & disagree on the object-level, OR agree on the object-level and disagree on the meta-level
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I imagine all of them would say “I thought *I* was disgusting, but you, Mason, are a truly filthy creature.”
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Mason: this will help kids learn better! David Deutsch: What Mason said Me: Goes meta on the meta
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I haven't found this useful, perhaps I'm doing it wrong. I would appreciate the Augmenting Cognition deep dive treatment on this, if you're taking requests
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