[HN Gopher] Don't think to write, write to think
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Don't think to write, write to think
Author : herbertl
Score : 26 points
Date : 2022-08-28 13:21 UTC (1 days ago)
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| quercusa wrote:
| I once worked for a guy who couldn't understand how anyone could
| possibly "write to think". He'd had a career as a high-level
| consultant who thought in big-picture/hand-wavy terms and never
| had to worry about implementation.
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| It was not a fun time.
| eimrine wrote:
| Good article with some great references.
| michaelwww wrote:
| I write to think because when I finish typing one thought often
| another thought naturally follows. The second thought often
| surprises me. Where'd that come from? It happens more often while
| writing vs just thinking.
| biomcgary wrote:
| Sounds like GPT-3. Or, GPT-3 isn't too different from human
| writing before editing.
| michaelwww wrote:
| Maybe GPT-3 could be built into a writing IDE so it would
| suggest the next sentence that way a programming IDE suggests
| the next code completion. I'd worry that that would inhibit
| me from having an original thought, but on the other hand it
| might encourage me to reject the suggestion and come up with
| something more original.
| mostlysimilar wrote:
| I use writing as a means to understand my thoughts. Getting them
| on paper and editing and refining them helps me think more
| clearly.
|
| I recommend the book Thinking on Paper:
| https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1610908.Thinking_on_P...
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