Infected by DKE all over again
1. The first rule of DKE is that you don't talk about your own infection by DKE.
2. The second rule of DKE is that you don't talk about your own infection by DKE.
3. The third rule of DKE is that the Duning-Kruger Effect (DKE) only applies to thee, to others, and not to me.
4. The fourth rule is ...
So here we go again. ... I was just reflecting on how DKE struck me once more with respect to my Python coding skills in a previous post. Why was I going down the tunnel thinking funnel? Why was I so confident that my loop_name variable "had to be" formatted in just one way and no other?
Now I'm realizing that I am just as DKE-stricken when it comes to my HTML coding skills.
(5) My newly adopted paradigm includes avoiding the launching of my default browser in the morning with a START PAGE pointing to some real time news or other AMYGDALA triggering content.
(6) Instead, I'm asking the Browser to open up on a static, local HTML file called "Morning Musings"
(Online examples of musings include: (a) Goobie here, (b) Kevin's retort, (c) Rich, (d) more... )
The idea is to not get immediately distracted by the online click and rage baitings of commercial sites, The goal is to avoid loss / discard of some aha insights I may have had upon waking up.
(7) The plan is to instead spend the morning engaging in brain and body boosting activities before the click/ rage poisons enter the system
(7) The plan is to instead spend the morning engaging in brain and body boosting activities before the click/ rage poisons enter the system
(8) I was trying out some HTML code editors but got frustrated as those editors kept reformatting my code file to make it more compact. The compacted code is near impossible to read and understand. Near impossible to find my way around.
Then it finally struck my thick skull that I could be using HTML comments as place markers to locate the different sections of my HTML code. How could I have been so blind?
(9) Generally, the HTML comments are hidden from view in the displayed web page.
Here is some of the HTML comments I placed at the top of THIS web page:
Here is some of the HTML comments I placed at the top of THIS web page:
<!----> <!--comment-->
<!--@@@--> <!--Notice of place marker--> <!--Search for the 3 consecutive at signs-->
<!--@= @forward pointer @--> <!--A place marker containing a marker ID located below it-->
<!--@= @backward pointer =@--> <!--A place marker containing a marker ID located before it-->
<!--TABLE OF CONTENTS (ToC)(line 7)-->
<!--@= @The fourth rule (line 8) @-->
<!--@= @spend the morning (line 9) @-->
<!--@= @"Morning Musings" (line 10) @-->
<!--@@@--> <!--@= @spend the morning engaging in brain stuff (line 11) @-->
<!--@@@--> <!--@= @How could I have been so blind (line 11) @-->
(9.) As can be seen, it includes some definitions to be used for place marking:
A "<!--@= " code is a forward pointer
A "<!--@ ... =@-->" code is a backward pointer
A "<!--@@@-->" code is a notice of a place marker being nearby
... and so on
I can use the "TOC" (Table of Contents) to find (Ctrl F) certain spots in my HTML code.
... and so on
I can use the "TOC" (Table of Contents) to find (Ctrl F) certain spots in my HTML code.
But that's the point about the Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE).
It's about all the blind spots you (meaning I) have and don't even know it because we are so tunnel vision focused on a concept that in our mind, "must be", "has to be" this way.
It's about all the blind spots you (meaning I) have and don't even know it because we are so tunnel vision focused on a concept that in our mind, "must be", "has to be" this way.
SOLUTIONS
(11.) How to fight against DKE induced blind spots ....
Some of the online discussions re "tunnel vision" focus on fear and anxiety as being the driving factors. Supposedly our reptilian brain (amygdala) is triggered by perception of life threatening events. Again, that rustling in the grass. Is it a snake, a lion, or just the wind? Evolution-shaped mechanisms take over in the brain (HIJACK), shut off the frontal lobes and train/ sharpen our focus down the funnel of perceived threat (a.k.a. problem at hand).
So I say to myself, wait a minute, I wasn't in fear of my life when I tried to deal with my HTML editing problems. Right?
But I was "frustrated".
But I was "frustrated".
Frustration is an emotion.
It includes a "fear" component: What if I can't solve this frustrating problem??????
It includes a "fear" component: What if I can't solve this frustrating problem??????
MORE TO EXPLORE
Cognitive tunnel vision
Avoiding tunnel vision psychology
YouTubes: Avoiding tunnel vision psychology
---^^^--- What Is Tunnel Vision Thinking and Why Is It Dangerous?
---^^^--- How Do You Avoid Tunnel Vision?
---^^^--- ESC 2017 - Scott Lilienfeld: "Tunnel Vision: Confirmation Bias"
---^^^--- Unlock Tunnel Vision (your evolution-based tendency to fixate)
---^^^--- Your Limitless Potential with [Learning Coach] Jim Kwik
Amygdala Hijack (YT search results)
---^^^--- Psych Explained: short
---^^^--- The Amygdala Hijack: How our emotions hijack our thinking brain!
Avoiding tunnel vision psychology
YouTubes: Avoiding tunnel vision psychology
---^^^--- What Is Tunnel Vision Thinking and Why Is It Dangerous?
---^^^--- How Do You Avoid Tunnel Vision?
---^^^--- ESC 2017 - Scott Lilienfeld: "Tunnel Vision: Confirmation Bias"
---^^^--- Unlock Tunnel Vision (your evolution-based tendency to fixate)
---^^^--- Your Limitless Potential with [Learning Coach] Jim Kwik
Amygdala Hijack (YT search results)
---^^^--- Psych Explained: short
---^^^--- The Amygdala Hijack: How our emotions hijack our thinking brain!
(SoM) = Sense of Mind-- How the Amygdala Works
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