I’m going to write about the following paragraph:
The first sentence:
What makes those error patterns the most important? Are they causing the most mistakes? Are they holding you back from being really smart? If you fix those you’ll be much smarter than you were before? What does it mean when something is the most important? Is that related to a goal?
Is the subtler a pattern is the harder it is to identify? In an investigation? Do you fix patterns of error? I think you would need more knowledge about the problem if a pattern of error is so subtle. Would you find less data points about subtle patterns of error? Is that part of why they’re so valuable? They’re scarce besides being the most important
What would an error pattern look like? Would it probably be a conceptual misconception? I looked up what ‘pattern’ means on Merriam Webster and I didn’t think it could mean a model.
Do you wait a bit before fixing the underlying cause? You haven’t understood it fully so don’t make a big change about it yet? It seems like you should investigate it a bit before you make a change.
Not being able to quickly guess what kind of underlying cause of an error is similar to being good at a skill. If you understood something well then you have it automatized and don’t make much errors. Do you get good at identifying the cause of an error?
Also, I see that you can guess the “kind” of underlying error. Kind means stuff like a bias or conceptual misconception I think. I don’t think you know about it exactly yet cuz you haven’t investigated a lot. I think if you were writing about politics and made a mistake, you could probably quickly guess that you have a bias going on. That vs. another issue.
Is the quote above assuming that you got a handle on the types of underlying causes? Idk but I think if you can’t quickly guess the cause then it seems you got something good going on. You could have leads on an important error you don’t know about.
What does “a better potential” mean? That’s what the underlying cause has that you can’t guess quickly. Is that about chance? Idk but maybe you’ve had some issues going on that you haven’t been able fix well. If you find a cause with a better potential, you might find the cause of those issues you’ve had. I think that’s why it’s important. You can find an underlying error that was making many of your mistakes.
Is there something good about finding a cause “that isn’t so well known.”? Well, you for sure found an error and you weren’t able to quickly guess the kind of cause. Maybe this cause has been causing many of your errors in the past. It would be good to investigate it.