You can detect blindspots by thinking abt vocab weaknesses. Architecture is 1 of mine. No clue what 90% of doodads on buildings are called.
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second-order blindspot: when you don't know that there is a category called Architecture to group and contain these unknown things
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that's not as important I think...you can see buildings all around you and do pattern recognition etc
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you should get your hands on a spec book. Manual unique to each building describing every product that goes into it. Happy to send pdf
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That was just an example. Have no particular immediate need to learn architecture vocabulary.
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As a corollary, learning the vocabulary is a good way to make sense of things in the blind spot.
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I wanted to be a fiction writer when younger, started learning words to fill detail, learned much about fashion and martial arts.
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