Started: 2022-02-15 Key point [[Mental Model]] are chunks of knowledge distilled from a variety of fields that can be applied broadly to help you solve problems and make better decisions Mental models fail us when they are incomplete and applied to the right situation or when they are correct but applied to the wrong situation. ## Examples: - [[The Map Is Not The Territory]] - [[Assumptions]] First principle thinking - Circle of Competence - Thought Experiments - You can never do only one thing Law of unintended consequences or second order thinking - Sufficiency versus necessity: Necessary but not sufficient conditions - [[Probabilistic Thinking]] - [[Antifragility]] - Inversion There are two approaches to applying inversion in your life. Start by assuming that what you’re trying to prove is either true or false, then show what else would have to be true. Instead of aiming directly for your goal, think deeply about what you want to avoid and then see what options are left over. ([Location 1435](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07P79P8ST&location=1435)) - Occums Razor - Hanlon's Razor ## Source: Parrish, S., Rimel, M., Mihotich, M., & Farnam Street Media (Eds.). (2019). _The Great Mental Models_. Latticework Publishing.