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Inversion frequently solves problems that nothing else will

Drawn from what Charlie Munger said

Subjectsmental modelsmathematics
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mental models Thinking tools borrowed across disciplines: inversion, second-order effects, circles of competence, probabilities, incentives.

mathematics Doing mathematics: proof, conjecture, and what mathematicians want that other fields do not.

Mental modelInversion

On the topicWhich mental models help you think better?under our view: Invert, always invert: work the problem backward and avoid what fails

What Charlie Munger actually said

  1. Charlie Munger Warren Buffett's business partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
    Those of you who have mastered algebra know that inversion frequently will solve problems which nothing else will solve. And in life, unless you’re more gifted than Einstein, inversion will help you solve problems that you can’t solve in other ways.

    Where this was said

    ↗2007 USC Law School Commencement Addressjamesclear.com

    13 May 2007

    All 14 korrents from this piecethis one is 6th

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