#rationality #mental-model # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Related - [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Cognitive biases]] - [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Long-term over optimization]] - [[Philosophy/Rationality/Mental model]] - [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Bias]] - [[Philosophy/Rationality/Latticework of mental models]] # The overuse of models In psychology papers they evoke 27 models, heuristics and biases to explain a behaviour, what if these are wrong, or human nature evolved, and they are now invalid? What if [[The Map is not the Territory|the map is not the territory]] anymore? I think it can be dangerous to dive so deep into a rigid direction full of models