Thanks; you naming what was confusing was helpful to me. I tried to clarify here; let me know if it worked. The short version is that what I mean by a “puzzle” is indeed person-specific.
A separate clarification: on my view, reality-masking processes are one of several possible causes of disorientation and error; not the only one. (Sort of like how rationalization is one of several possible causes of people getting the wrong answers on math tests; not the only one.) In particular, I think singularity scenarios are sufficiently far from what folks normally expect that the sheer unfamiliarity of the situation can cause disorientation and errors (even without any reality-masking processes; though those can then make things worse).
Thanks; you naming what was confusing was helpful to me. I tried to clarify here; let me know if it worked. The short version is that what I mean by a “puzzle” is indeed person-specific.
A separate clarification: on my view, reality-masking processes are one of several possible causes of disorientation and error; not the only one. (Sort of like how rationalization is one of several possible causes of people getting the wrong answers on math tests; not the only one.) In particular, I think singularity scenarios are sufficiently far from what folks normally expect that the sheer unfamiliarity of the situation can cause disorientation and errors (even without any reality-masking processes; though those can then make things worse).