Tag: #metacognition
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 13 posts
Metacognition — The Gap Between Feeling You Know and Knowing
Metacognition lost its definition as it became a buzzword. This post returns to the original definition of monitoring and control, and sets out the way the feeling of knowing is manufactured from fluency as a proxy signa
2026-08-16 · 12 min read #mindset#metacognition#learning#psychology#2026-08The Dunning-Kruger Effect — That Famous Graph Is Not in the Original Paper
The Peak of Mount Stupid graph that circulates online appears nowhere in the 1999 paper by Dunning and Kruger. The original was four studies that gave Cornell undergraduates tasks in humor, logic and grammar and compared
2026-07-26 · 9 min read #psychology#paper-review#metacognition#self-assessment#statisticsLearning How to Learn — The Science of Study
The skill of learning something can itself be learned. This essay walks through active recall, spaced repetition, interleaving, the fluency illusion, elaboration, metacognition, and the role of sleep in memory consolidat
2026-07-05 · 15 min read #learning#metacognition#study-skills#educationThe Feynman Technique — Learning by Teaching
If you cannot explain it, you do not actually know it. This essay unpacks the four-step method named after Nobel physicist Feynman and the protege effect research on learning by teaching. It ends with a checklist for bre
2026-06-20 · 25 min read #culture#feynman-technique#learning-science#protege-effect#metacognitionKnowledge Is Something You Connect — Learning Through Background and Links
New knowledge does not get poured into emptiness; it sets firm when tied to what you already know. Drawing on schema theory and active elaboration, this essay shows how to expand into unfamiliar fields through comparison
2026-06-20 · 28 min read #culture#learning-science#schema-theory#elaboration#background-knowledgeWhere Confidence Comes From — The Depth of Preparation and Thought
Confidence is not an inborn temperament but a product that grows from the depth of preparation and thought. The habit of rising early and not breaking the thread of thought while walking, the power of speech that comes f
2026-06-19 · 26 min read #confidence#self-development#metacognition#thinking#resilienceMetacognition: Seeing Yourself Through a Third Persons Eyes
What metacognition is and why it matters, plus the art of objectifying yourself by seeing yourself through a third persons eyes. It covers self-assessment bias, training through records and feedback, applications to lear
2026-06-19 · 19 min read #culture#metacognition#self-awareness#reflection#self-improvementFind Your Own Method — Through Curiosity and Metacognition
Starting from my own failure of copying a proven study routine that simply did not work for me, this essay lays out how to build your own method by experimenting with curiosity and observing yourself with metacognition.
2026-06-19 · 32 min read #culture#metacognition#learning#language-learning#self-developmentFacing Reality First, Then Growing — Stop Daydreaming and Start Colliding With the World
A reflection on why facing reality, instead of escaping into happy fantasies, is the true starting point of growth. It covers guarding against self-flattery and optimism bias, using metacognition to see yourself objectiv
2026-06-19 · 30 min read #culture#growth#metacognition#self-improvement#mindsetActive Learning — Keeping 70 Percent by Writing and Teaching
Knowledge you only read or listen to fades fast. Organizing your thoughts through writing and learning by teaching others stays with you far longer. Here is why, drawn from my own experience and real research, while stay
2026-06-19 · 32 min read #culture#active-learning#writing#teaching#metacognitionBecoming an Attractive Person — Visual Sense and Consistency
Starting by honestly admitting that people are drawn to what they see first, this essay covers how to manage your appearance and presence consistently, how to evaluate yourself through objectivity and metacognition, and
2026-06-19 · 28 min read #culture#self-improvement#first-impression#consistency#self-careIn the End You Need Your Own Story — Learning That Applies to Life
No matter how much you learn, it rings hollow until you make it your own. Even when you use AI, the learning only counts if it applies to your life. This essay is about restating learning in your own words, objectifying
2026-06-17 · 21 min read #learning#metacognition#storytelling#ai#authenticityMetacognition and Strengthening the Circuit — Retrieval Builds the Brain
Listening alone does not build the circuit. Only when you retrieve does the circuit fire and grow stronger. This essay covers the science of retrieval practice, using metacognition to discover what you do not know, and m
2026-06-17 · 17 min read #metacognition#retrieval-practice#learning#language#memory