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rawoke083600 on May 6, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why can't I learn anymore?

>Thinking you should be exempt from this just adds internal resistance to an already uncomfortable process.

Wow, thanks ! That sounds like real practical advise ! I think you hit the nail on the head here !

> To learn most effectively, you want to shape your mental behavior to minimize surprise

If you don't mind, could you expand on this part ? I'm not 100% clear on what you mean ?

tehmillhouse on May 6, 2022 [–]

You've already got that part down pat. "Shaping your mental behavior to minimize surprise" is just a really complicated way of saying "attempting to understand a thing". There's no secret technique here, I was just trying to tie the process of learning back to surprise.

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