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Re:You need to write in order to think well by dTal on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @05:02PM (#29246878)
It's more than that. Reifying your mental symbols affords better and more complex symbol manipulation. It's the same principle behind writing down equations instead of doing them in your head.
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Re:You need to write in order to think well by waste_monk on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @08:41PM (#29248491)
I thought it was more that the human brain "stack" is very small and thus unsuitable for complex operations with many variables.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus...

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