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My take on this is that noticing surprise is easier than noticing confusion, and surprise often correlates with confusion so a useful thing to do is have a habit of :
practice noticing surprise
when you notice surprise, check if you have a reason to be confused
(Where surprise is "something unexpected happened" and confused is "something is happening that I can't explain, or my explanation of doesn't make sense")