• Pattern of way of thinking, “something similar was done in the past, it didn’t work, so this won’t work either.”

  • Comparing the old one A with the new one B, they are not exactly the same but have various differences.

    • The surrounding circumstances are different depending on the time of appearance, no matter how similar they are.
  • Ignoring those differences and classifying with past failures is overgeneralization.

  • While this may save resources, there is a significant disadvantage of killing innovation.

relevance - The “resemblance” is not true. - The Trap of Differentiation - A sudden old story / An old man telling an old story - Variations in communication patterns that “something similar was done in the past.”

orthographical variants - Thinking like something similar in the past


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