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When thought is actively painful it is easier to figure stuff out via brute force doing, even if that’s costly. Learning the hard way is sometimes the easier way. My own zone of unmuddied thought is shrinking every year, so I am gradually “retiring” from harder topics.
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I guess with enough latent dissonance in your beliefs introspection could cause discomfort and avoidance. However I think a lot of muddy thinking is just inchoate and approximate, just plain muddy, and you just learn to live with it.
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Perhaps you are observing shallow dives into chaos? Phase shifts or extended periods of liminality are probably a necessary part of learning and adapting, but may manifest as unfathomable behaviour to others.
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They're like kids trying to solve ((x+y)/2) + 10 * r = 42 in their head, they get lost halfway & then miraculously come up with 42 at the end despite the logic making no sense.