"Farming out" thinking is not thinking.
- "Farming out" thinking is not thinking.[lv]
- This is a mindset common in professors and judges.
- They want to "farm out" thinking to some grad student or law clerk.
- But critically, if anything comes back from the subordinate that disagrees with their existing mental model it will be rejected.
- They'll critique the underling as not having understood the idea properly.
- It's a one way process, not a two-way process, as true thinking is.
- It's impossible to get disconfirming evidence when you "farm out" thinking.