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Prob­lem-solv­ing (skills and tech­niques)

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Give it a google

Adam ZernerDec 29, 2020, 5:30 AM
147 points
28 comments7 min readLW link1 review

The First Step is to Ad­mit That You Have a Problem

AlicornOct 6, 2009, 8:59 PM
86 points
87 comments3 min readLW link

Guess­ing the Teacher’s Password

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 22, 2007, 3:40 AM
290 points
98 comments4 min readLW link

Prob­lem Solv­ing with Mazes and Crayon

johnswentworthJun 19, 2018, 6:15 AM
152 points
28 comments7 min readLW link

Fo­cus on the Hardest Part First

Johannes C. MayerSep 11, 2023, 7:53 AM
42 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The Shadow Question

AlicornOct 14, 2009, 1:40 AM
41 points
44 comments4 min readLW link

Two types of mathematician

drossbucketFeb 23, 2018, 7:26 PM
64 points
41 comments4 min readLW link

Some notes on solv­ing hard problems

Joe RoccaSep 19, 2022, 12:58 PM
50 points
8 comments29 min readLW link

Tips and Tricks for An­swer­ing Hard Questions

Wei DaiJan 17, 2010, 11:56 PM
98 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

Hack Away at the Edges

lukeprogDec 1, 2011, 1:26 PM
89 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

How toy mod­els of on­tol­ogy changes can be misleading

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 21, 2023, 9:13 PM
42 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Be­ing pa­tient with problems

Henrik KarlssonOct 17, 2023, 6:30 PM
36 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.henrikkarlsson.xyz)

Mazes and Duality

Jul 14, 2020, 7:54 PM
62 points
10 comments6 min readLW link

Hold Off On Propos­ing Solutions

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 17, 2007, 3:16 AM
131 points
52 comments3 min readLW link

Can we have Epipha­nies and Eureka mo­ments more fre­quently?

CstineSublimeJan 8, 2025, 2:20 AM
2 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

A Clearer Think­ing tool that teaches you to use In­ter­nal Fam­ily Sys­tems concepts

spencergApr 28, 2023, 1:42 PM
31 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(programs.clearerthinking.org)

Fake Blog Posts as a Prob­lem Solv­ing Device

silentbobAug 31, 2024, 9:22 AM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Ne­c­es­sary, But Not Sufficient

pjebyMar 23, 2010, 5:11 PM
59 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Talk­ing to your­self: A use­ful think­ing tool that seems un­der­stud­ied and underdiscussed

chaosmageSep 9, 2014, 4:56 PM
45 points
29 comments3 min readLW link

An On­tol­ogy of Sys­temic Failures: Dragons, Bul­lshit Moun­tain, and the Cloud of Doom

ialdabaothSep 8, 2018, 6:19 PM
29 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

Tune Your Cog­ni­tive Strategies

SquirrelInHellFeb 15, 2018, 5:54 PM
45 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(bewelltuned.com)

In Search of Strate­gic Clarity

james.lucassenJul 8, 2022, 12:52 AM
11 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(jlucassen.com)
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