Seeing With Fresh Eyes (Sequence)

A sequence on the incredibly difficult feat of getting your brain to actually think about something, instead of instantly stopping on the first thought that comes to mind.mind, that is Seeing with Fresh Eyes.

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• Anchoring and Adjustment
• Priming and Contamination
• Do We Believe Everything We're Told?
• Cached Thoughts
• The "Outside the Box" Box
• Original Seeing
• The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence)
• How to Seem (and Be) Deep
• We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think
• Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
• Asch's Conformity Experiment
• On Expressing Your Concerns
• Lonely Dissent
• The Genetic Fallacy

• Anchoring and Adjustment
• Priming and Contamination
• Do We Believe Everything We're Told?
• Cached Thoughts
• The "Outside the Box" Box
• Original Seeing
• The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence)
• How to Seem (and Be) Deep
• We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think
• Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
• Asch's Conformity Experiment
• On Expressing Your Concerns
• Lonely Dissent
• The Genetic Fallacy

• Anchoring and Adjustment
• Priming and Contamination
• Do We Believe Everything We're Told?
• Cached Thoughts
• The "Outside the Box" Box
• Original Seeing
• The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence)
• How to Seem (and Be) Deep
• We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think
• Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
• Asch's Conformity Experiment
• On Expressing Your Concerns
• Lonely Dissent

A sequence on the incredibly difficult feat of getting your brain to actually think about something.something, instead of instantly stopping on the first thought that comes to mind.

• Priming and Contamination
• Do We Believe Everything We're Told?
• Cached Thoughts
• The "Outside the Box" Box
• Original Seeing
• The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence)
• How to Seem (and Be) Deep
• We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think
• Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
• Asch's Conformity Experiment
• On Expressing Your Concerns
• Lonely Dissent

• Priming and Contamination
• Do We Believe Everything We're Told?
• Cached Thoughts
• The "Outside the Box" Box
• Original Seeing
• The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence)
• How to Seem (and Be) Deep
• Asch's Conformity Experiment
• On Expressing Your Concerns
• Lonely Dissent

This is sometimes referred to as "thinking outside the box" by people who, for your convenience, will go on to helpfully point out exactly where "outside the box" is located. The Less Wrong version is called "thinking outside the 'Outside the Box' box". Isn't it funny how nonconformists all dress the same...

Subsequence of How To Actually Change Your Mind.

• The Third Alternative - on not skipping the step of looking for additional alternatives
  • Third Alternatives for Afterlifeism
• Lost Purposes - on noticing when you're still doing something that has become disconnected from its original purpose
  • Purpose and Pragmatism

Whenever someone exhorts youA sequence on the incredibly difficult feat of getting your brain to "thinkactually think about something.

This is sometimes referred to as "thinking outside the box", they usually, by people who, for your convenience, will go on to helpfully point out exactly where "outside the box" is located. The Less Wrong version is called "thinking outside the 'Outside the Box' box". Isn't it funny how nonconformists all dress the same...

• The Third Alternative
• Third Alternatives for Afterlifeism
• Do We Believe Everything We're Told?
• Cached Thoughts
• The "Outside the Box" Box
• Original Seeing (also Rationality and the English Language and
• The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence)
• How to Seem (and Be) Deep
• Asch's Conformity Experiment
• On Expressing Your Concerns
• Lonely Dissent

Other blog posts

• The Third Alternative - on not skipping the step of looking for additional alternatives
  • Third Alternatives for Afterlifeism
• Lost Purposes - on noticing when you're still doing something that has become disconnected from its original purpose
  • Purpose and Pragmatism