“All that your brain does when you ask it a question is hit “search” and return the first hit it finds” is saying roughly the same thing that Stanovich and other researchers have said about ‘default to Type 1 processing’, as explained recently in this post.
“This post cites sources supporting its specific claim” is not the same thing as “this post is likely to remind its readers of a source that made roughly the same point”. As it is, the post is mostly a bunch of information with no support at all, apart from anecdotes that may come to the reader’s mind. I see no reason to think that the brain actually works as the post says it works.
The post does contain a useful piece of advice, though: “instead of asking yourself why a problem exists, ask yourself how to fix the problem”, or, more generally, “instead of asking questions that yield useless answers, ask questions that yield useful ones”.
“All that your brain does when you ask it a question is hit “search” and return the first hit it finds” is saying roughly the same thing that Stanovich and other researchers have said about ‘default to Type 1 processing’, as explained recently in this post.
“This post cites sources supporting its specific claim” is not the same thing as “this post is likely to remind its readers of a source that made roughly the same point”. As it is, the post is mostly a bunch of information with no support at all, apart from anecdotes that may come to the reader’s mind. I see no reason to think that the brain actually works as the post says it works.
The post does contain a useful piece of advice, though: “instead of asking yourself why a problem exists, ask yourself how to fix the problem”, or, more generally, “instead of asking questions that yield useless answers, ask questions that yield useful ones”.