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What do people usually get wrong about this?
Before you teach something, or before you assume your own version is right.
List the common misconceptions about the topic below. For each, give me: - The wrong belief, stated the way someone would actually say it - Why it is appealing: what makes it feel right - Where it comes from: a bad analogy, an oversimplified explanation, a case where it happens to be true - What is actually true - A concrete case where believing the wrong version produces a wrong outcome Order by how widespread they are. Include at least one that people who are moderately experienced in this area still hold, not just beginners. Topic:
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.
Scrutinising ideas. Where a concept stops working, what people get wrong, and whether a claim holds up.
Related prompts
Distinguish two things I keep confusingTwo terms you nod along to but could not reliably tell apart.Summarise this paper and tell me if it holds upA research paper or long article you need the substance of, plus a sanity check.What would I have to believe for this to be true?Evaluating a claim, a strategy, or an argument you can't immediately fault.Tell these two apartTwo terms you nod along to and could not reliably distinguish.Where does this stop working?An idea you've started applying everywhere.Explain this at three levels of depthFirst contact with a concept, when you don't yet know how deep you need to go.
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