[HN Gopher] Metacognitive Note-Taking for Creativity
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       Metacognitive Note-Taking for Creativity
        
       Author : tsthename
       Score  : 64 points
       Date   : 2022-10-29 17:26 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | avgcorrection wrote:
       | Metacognition seems like a technical term which isn't defined.
       | This is just dozens of bullet points.
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       | Is it when you have a thought about a thought? Seems too
       | pedestrian for that.
        
         | layer8 wrote:
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacognition
        
         | teek_xyz wrote:
         | Don't think it's deeper than that, it does just mean thinking
         | about thinking. Which is exactly what the author is doing in
         | this post.
        
       | raydiatian wrote:
       | > bisociation
       | 
       | Is this like a club for buffalo or something?
        
         | scubbo wrote:
         | > Bisociation works by attempting to form a connection between
         | a target concept and a random stimulus concept.
         | 
         | > * Pick a target concept.
         | 
         | > * Randomly pick a stimulus concept.
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         | > * Attempt to form an association or connection between the
         | concepts.
        
         | layer8 wrote:
         | https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bisociation
        
         | k__ wrote:
         | It's where buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.
        
       | itisit wrote:
       | The whole page feels like the output of a stream of consciousness
       | writing exercise, complete with the expected qualities of being
       | incoherent, maundering, abstract, and hollow.
       | 
       | There can be pleasure in imagination and invention, of course,
       | but in my view this is onanistic drivel. I would not be surprised
       | if this came from GPT-3.
        
       | chatterhead wrote:
       | >>Avoid information overload by keeping the system focused.
       | 
       | Then it uses headlines and toggling for further reading. I like
       | when I see something doing what it says.
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       | Combined with Bisociation: (A blending of elements drawn from two
       | previously unrelated patterns of thought into a new pattern.)
       | Which seems like what happens non-stop when you're on LSD;
       | everything seems connected. The explanation of what this is and
       | how it creates "serendipity" is rather spot on for what manic
       | states feel like, too.
       | 
       | The layout and aesthetic choices of the site/content is really
       | pleasing and it has references. Nice job, T.
        
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