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Re:Ask HN: What mental models do you use everyday? by binbag on Sunday November 21, 2021 @02:20PM (#29298893)
Also! Sorry, but I have to add this one because I find it factors in quite often (unfortunately):

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell nailing it.)

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Re:Ask HN: What mental models do you use everyday? by emmelaich on Sunday November 21, 2021 @04:05PM (#29299714)
That can be overstated. Also Russell was a eugenicist, at least for a while. That puts an unpleasant spin on that.

I prefer the somewhat related "everyone is a conservative about what they know best"

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