True story. When I first learned about core dumps in unix like 25y ago, the idea fascinated me so much, I started ouse "core dump" as the central node label for my regular mind maps.
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Since then, whenever I sit down for a mind-mapping session I make a "core dump" mind map. I dump everything on my mind down, and then that creates enough cache and RAM space to actually think about something else.
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But mind-mapping (and general open-ended notes dumping) have been getting less frequent over the years, and radically less frequent recently. Used to be I'd dump 20p of notes almost daily, including a core-dump and maybe 1-2 other mind maps.
Now it's 3-4mo between sessions.
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During PhD/postdoc... but not always. Bursts like that for several months, then periods of filtering/pruning, working on developing promising lines.
Probably more like 20p every other day and not on weekends, so really only 2-3 such sessions a week.
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ah ok so yeah during intense research periods. Yeah I have smaller versions of that occasionally but never burst that high

