I never notice how dirty my laptop is until I'm showing another person something on my screen
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Yeah, same thing happens when I'm showing my city/office/neighborhood/etc. to a visitor. Like, when I lived in NYC I didn't notice the trash everywhere until I was showing tourists around.
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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?'
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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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What is the difference between meta and object level?
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I agree this is a good question to ask on the meta-level, but I object to asking it on the object-level.
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Am I the only one not embarrasses by my laptop screens lack of cleanliness?
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it feels analogous to how you realize how well you understand a topic/concept when you try to explain it to a person that is not familiar with it
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imo this also true for other aspects of life - eg work imho "switching to outside view" is also eg the best argument for shipping products with feature flags early on (eg half-done to .1%) changes the discussion, usually removes blocking behavior
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Like when someone points out that you facilitate online payments to Nazis & other hate groups spreading calls for racist & anti- Semitic violence.
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How to tell if your apartment is actually tidy: take a photo of it.
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Why is this embarrassing?
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