The final reinforcement step is exploring, which means mentally exploring random variations of a concept by asking dumb questions, changing parts and seeing if they still work, breaking the concept, and finding counter-examples.

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you should mentally explore random variations of the concept... ask yourself dumb questions change one part of the concept and see if it still works if not figure out why it doesn't

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Focusing Your Unconscious Mind: Learn Hard Concepts Intuitively (And Forever)Colin Galen
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:27:28 PM

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