5 Mental Models for thinking clearly
- System 1 and System 2: Use fast thinking for routine decisions and slow thinking for important decisions.
- Bayesian Thinking: Continuously update the confidence in your beliefs as you come across new information.
- First Principles Thinking: If you face a difficult problem, break it down and reassemble it from the ground up.
- Occam’s Razor: When there are many possible explanations, assume that the simplest one is probably correct.
- Hanlon’s Razor: If someone mistreats you, assume that they probably did it out of neglect rather than malice.
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