...their prior learning has given them better chunking abilities, and so situations most people would see as complex they see as simple, and they find it much easier to reason about.
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In other words, having more chunks memorized in some domain is somewhat like an effective boost to a person’s IQ in that domain.
where the chunks in question fit into the 7+/-2 of working memory. Relatedly, there is Alan Kay’s quip:
“A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”
Which is to say the new perspective provides a better way to chunk complex information. In retrospect this feels obvious, but my model for multiple perspectives beforehand mostly a matter of eliminating blind spots they might have. I’ll have to integrate the contains-better-chunks possibility, which basically means that seeking out new perspectives is more valuable than I previously thought.
Short mashup from two sources:
Nielson proposes an informal model of mastery:
where the chunks in question fit into the 7+/-2 of working memory. Relatedly, there is Alan Kay’s quip:
Which is to say the new perspective provides a better way to chunk complex information. In retrospect this feels obvious, but my model for multiple perspectives beforehand mostly a matter of eliminating blind spots they might have. I’ll have to integrate the contains-better-chunks possibility, which basically means that seeking out new perspectives is more valuable than I previously thought.