I weakly think this post should be included in Best of LessWrong 2018. Although I’m not an expert, the post seems sound. The writing style is nice and relaxed. The author highlights a natural dichotomy; thinking about Babble/Prune has been useful to me on several occasions. For example, in a research brainstorming / confusion-noticing session, I might notice I’m not generating any ideas (Prune is too strong!). Having this concept handle lets me notice that more easily.
One improvement to this post could be the inclusion of specific examples of how the author used this dichotomy to improve their idea generation process.
I weakly think this post should be included in Best of LessWrong 2018. Although I’m not an expert, the post seems sound. The writing style is nice and relaxed. The author highlights a natural dichotomy; thinking about Babble/Prune has been useful to me on several occasions. For example, in a research brainstorming / confusion-noticing session, I might notice I’m not generating any ideas (Prune is too strong!). Having this concept handle lets me notice that more easily.
One improvement to this post could be the inclusion of specific examples of how the author used this dichotomy to improve their idea generation process.