As a most-of-the-time participant, I can definitely agree. What’s going on behind the scenes, at least for me, is much more than what you’ll see in the comments. Most frequently practiced, I think:
Noticing Confusion—I will often see a curve or scatterplot that inspires a feeling of that’s different. It’s great to get practice noticing that over and over, and then digging into how well that intuition tracks truth.
Curiosity—almost of course. But it’s good practice at finding things to be curious about. And then also good practice knowing that you won’t actually spend 20 hours on this project so evaluating: I’m curious; is it worth my time to follow up on this, or should I pursue even more promising avenues?
As a most-of-the-time participant, I can definitely agree. What’s going on behind the scenes, at least for me, is much more than what you’ll see in the comments. Most frequently practiced, I think:
Noticing Confusion—I will often see a curve or scatterplot that inspires a feeling of that’s different. It’s great to get practice noticing that over and over, and then digging into how well that intuition tracks truth.
Curiosity—almost of course. But it’s good practice at finding things to be curious about. And then also good practice knowing that you won’t actually spend 20 hours on this project so evaluating: I’m curious; is it worth my time to follow up on this, or should I pursue even more promising avenues?