Mental models can't disconfirm themselves, by definition.

· Bits and Bobs 5/12/25
  • Mental models can't disconfirm themselves, by definition.
    • In idea space everything works exactly as you expect.
    • Because it's not real, it's your simulation of reality.
    • You don't actually want disconfirming evidence so you don't get it.
    • Disconfirming evidence must come from outside your mental model, [nf]because by definition everything in your mental model is confirming of the mental model.
      • If it were disconfirming it wouldn't be in the model, it would be a different model!
    • The real world doesn't care about your idea so it ruthlessly generates disconfirming evidence.
    • Staying in idea space feels good because you feel like you're solving problems but in reality you're just generating more confirming evidence.

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