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Deep Thinking vs. Shallow Thinking

December 6, 2017Original blog post

A diagram contrasting deep thinking (specifics distilled into a key feature with many implications) with shallow thinking (question → answer).

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-12-06-deep-thinking-vs-shallow-thinking/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

DEEP THINKING: many "Specific" boxes point to a "Key Feature", which branches to several "Implication" clouds (with "irrelevant details" set aside). SHALLOW THINKING: Question → Answer.

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