Assist in mapping unknown areas

• question : How can a program assist a human in the process of creating a conceptual map of an unknown field?

• What is Map?

• Frequently used in Scrapbox metaphor :.

  • 「 Roads are connected. 」
    • The idea of “[If only we could finally find it.
    • People remember places not by latitude and longitude, but by paths.

What does “[We know the map.

• You can predict where you will end up if you take this roadpredict where you are goingpredict
  • It allows you to explore without actually going on the road.
    • This is similar to Faster trial and error by Brain Modelsmodeltrial and error
    • Discover the pathway to the destination by Brain Search, and then follow the pathway to reach the destinationExplorePathway
• Does this also apply to conceptual map? - The Paradox of Search - If you know what you’re looking for, the problem doesn’t exist. - If you don’t know what you’re looking for, there’s no way you can find it.
  • I don’t understand “destination” in the case of the conceptual map.
    • If you know what you’re looking for, you can find it by searching for keywords.
  • So what is grasping the conceptual map?
    • Possibly related to - associative connection - Unlike a physical map, the goal is not to reach a destination. - The goal is to find a connection between two seemingly unconnected concepts - consistent association - To create a system that is consistent and large is an end in itself. - knowledge consistency

I was thinking about it and this was born. - Scrapbox’s Box display is a bundled sticky note

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