If you look at a new thing and pattern match quickly, are you super insightful...

If you look at a new thing and pattern match quickly, are you super insightful... or just tricking yourself that you're smarter than you are?

"I've put this in a bucket, now I understand it."

You understand the bucket, not necessarily the thing you put into the bucket.

If you put a thing in a bucket that doesn't capture its relevant qualities, you'll be blind to what they might be.

The bucket is not real, the thing is.

The bucket is just a shortcut to thinking.

Never forget that it's a shortcut.