I often think a sentence like, “I want to have a really big brain!”. What would that actually look like?
Not experiencing fear or worry when encountering new math.
Really quick to determine what I’m most curious about.
Not having my head hurt when I’m thinking hard, and generally not feeling much “cognitive strain”.
Be able to fill in the vague and general impressions with the concrete examples that originally created them.
Doing a hammers and nails scan when I encounter new ideas.
Having a clear, quickly accessible understanding of the “proof chains” of ideas, as well as the “motivation chains”.
I don’t need to know all the proofs or motivations, but I do have a clear sense of what I understand myself, and what I’ve outsourced.
Instead of feeling “generally confused” by things of just “not getting them”, I always have concrete, “This doesn’t make sense because BLANK” expressions that allow me to move forward.
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I often think a sentence like, “I want to have a really big brain!”. What would that actually look like?
Not experiencing fear or worry when encountering new math.
Really quick to determine what I’m most curious about.
Not having my head hurt when I’m thinking hard, and generally not feeling much “cognitive strain”.
Be able to fill in the vague and general impressions with the concrete examples that originally created them.
Doing a hammers and nails scan when I encounter new ideas.
Having a clear, quickly accessible understanding of the “proof chains” of ideas, as well as the “motivation chains”.
I don’t need to know all the proofs or motivations, but I do have a clear sense of what I understand myself, and what I’ve outsourced.
Instead of feeling “generally confused” by things of just “not getting them”, I always have concrete, “This doesn’t make sense because BLANK” expressions that allow me to move forward.