Learning & explaining21 categories
Make me predict first
When you want the explanation to stick rather than slide past.
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Before explaining anything, ask me what I think happens in the situation below, and why. Then tell me where my prediction went wrong and which belief caused it. Only explain the correct model after that. Situation:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Practice, not reading. Worked examples, exercises and Socratic sessions that make you do the thinking.
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