You have a good point that my analogy is too broad. I was trying to express that it would take inordinately long to solve complex problems with out depending on “cached thoughts” and that the cached thoughts can be flawed yet still contain utility. It is inappropriate relance on cached thoughts or treating them like facts rather then guesses that gets people in.
and that the cached thoughts can be flawed yet still contain utility
I suspect that this is true for some contexts, but making this claim would require careful explanation. For the wiki I would like to see statements like this backed up with primary sources.
You have a good point that my analogy is too broad. I was trying to express that it would take inordinately long to solve complex problems with out depending on “cached thoughts” and that the cached thoughts can be flawed yet still contain utility. It is inappropriate relance on cached thoughts or treating them like facts rather then guesses that gets people in.
I suspect that this is true for some contexts, but making this claim would require careful explanation. For the wiki I would like to see statements like this backed up with primary sources.