I think that it’s an artifact of how we store information, and it seems strongest in things that we rote memorize or only ever do within a particular context. I’ve been trying to ‘train’ myself out of this kind of thinking for a long time now, and I don’t really consider it training since it’s actually fairly fun to do.
The main way I do this is to look for things that are simple, and try to think of them in weird or interesting intersections with other simple things. Seeming simple is I think one of the marks of this kind of storage. So, try to play more with your environment, even if it is just mentally?
edit—Try to apply mental models to things that they’re not normally used for too, and always try to be lazy! also edit for clarity, oops.
I think that it’s an artifact of how we store information, and it seems strongest in things that we rote memorize or only ever do within a particular context. I’ve been trying to ‘train’ myself out of this kind of thinking for a long time now, and I don’t really consider it training since it’s actually fairly fun to do.
The main way I do this is to look for things that are simple, and try to think of them in weird or interesting intersections with other simple things. Seeming simple is I think one of the marks of this kind of storage. So, try to play more with your environment, even if it is just mentally?
edit—Try to apply mental models to things that they’re not normally used for too, and always try to be lazy! also edit for clarity, oops.
Edit—please disregard this post