Comment by itihas on Clothing is Hard (A Brief Adventure into my Inefficient Brain) · 2015-10-15T06:56:12.255Z · LW · GW

True. Legs-to-holes is what I use to skip steps. Only two holes, can only be approached from one direction. What particular acrobatic is needed to get the first leg in right? Once you've made a mistake, of course, back-to-front is what will tip you off.

(It really is. The above is something I only just fully realized I did.)

Comment by itihas on Clothing is Hard (A Brief Adventure into my Inefficient Brain) · 2015-10-12T05:50:14.367Z · LW · GW

Map legs to holes. Wrong legs-to-holes? 180 about Z. Inside out? Flip along Z, 180 about Y. Repeat until satisfied. Profit.

I'm rephrasing

I tend to think of things in motion before I fully understand them in their static forms

As "I think of solutions before thinking of desirable outcomes or the current situation". It sounds like a small, silly example of premature solution-generating, keyed deep into System 1. Fascinating. Maybe a solution is to train "what outcome do I want?" to be primed by any moment of confusion. Since the principle scales to more considerable problems, having it as a knee-jerk reaction could be worthwhile.