I call this the “one minus” method. The mathematical example is where you have a complex probability problem involving multiple interactions of probabilities which makes it very difficult to calculate. Instead of tackling the problem head on, and working through all of the combinations leading to the probable outcome, you focus on the probability of the even NOT occurring, which is usually much easier, and then take this value (which in probability terms will be some fraction) and subtract it from one, leaving you with your desired result. It’s a great favourite lesson of mathematics teachers and the are lots of examples out there. It’s surprising how often you can apply this principle this to everyday life situations as well if you are aware of it.
It's like answering a multiple choice question, using the elimination method, but provided you know enough to which one to eliminate. So this "deduction method" is not "fool-proved."
Thanks for watching and great feedback! Another famous example came from the cigarette industry back in the days: From "How do we get woman to smoke" to "What else has to be true that woman will smoke?" slimming effect (cigarrette instead of dessert) , emancipation etc.
don't map out a path to your goals - instead - determine how to fail - then list the acts that will lead to that failure - and avoid them - the assumption is that after dodging the bad - you'll somehow arrive at your goal
Regarding point 1., in the field of AI, they say that a good language model, like ChatGPT, is not good because it says clever things, but because it doesn't say stupid things. This is an example of your theory of inversion, avoiding the negative, instead of striving for the 'positive'.
Not really that smart. negative space is always infinitely larger than the path you're actually looking for. Finding the right part will take much less energy. And when you find the right path, you are automatically avoiding all the negative space and all the wrong paths.
The problem is positive space is not that straight forward. For example, going to gym is good way to lose weight yet we have so many overweight people. Perhaps a better approach would be to stop over eating junk food. How to avoid that ? Avoiding situations that make you overeat, learning to regulate emotions better.
If what you are about to do to get something could made you lose more than the something you are looking for, then don't do it. For instance, you could easily apeace an anxious monkey pet by blowing weed smoke in its face. But by doing this, both you and the monkey could become dependant on weed. And getting this disorder is worse than the pet's anxiety you were trying to control in the first place.
There once was a man with a goal, How to get there he just didn't know, Inversion dingalings, By not doing things, That would move him away from it though.
You explained this like you didn't understand it, though. If you did, you relate it to disjunctive syllogism, material implication, reductio ad absurdum.
The video is well made and clear, yet you should have given credit to Shane Parrish, as the depiction you provide (down to the exact examples and explanation flow) is EXACTLY the same that Shane provides in his book The Great Mental Models vol. 1. Taking from others’ work is fine (this is all Shane does by the way, as per his own admission), but referencing the original source should go with it.
Thank you for your feedback. That's right I used Shane Parrish's book as the main source and also other contributions from other authors. But I probably should have looked for more and or other examples. My thought process went back to Derek Sivers blog post - sive.rs/dq I have added the source in the video description and will always give the "main source" in the future.
If Charlie Munger were a superhero, he would be Captain Obvious. As it turned out, he died at home. So I guess the best advice to live a long time is, build a home as if you were going to live in it, but live out of your car instead. But take the wheels off so you don't get in an accident!
@@unlocking5891 Yes. The original written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was 'The scandal in Bohemia ' in which Irene Adler has hidden her scandalous photos with the king of Bohemia behind a painting. Watson creates a hue and cry about fire and she runs for the painting and Holmes, who acts as a coachman catches her.
AVOID TRUMP in 2024 ? Democrats might focus on how to AVOID TRUMP MANIA in this election... (Have IDEA CONTESTS, asking people to submit messaging ideas, now) ============================================================ TNX
How to be rich the easiest way is to have a rich father. That’s way the fathers are paying for their son’s university and not the students. They are paying few other things for their sons 1 the son’s waiting’s and the principal for their homes and the principal for their business. That’s way the inheritances are screaming. I don’t work and I am rich explain that to me
Actually, the world is not that complex to the trained individual, to the untrained, yes, very complex, why? because your untrained. All animals require training.
What do you even mean by "the world"? Do you mean life? Relationships? Business? As far as being trained it all depends on who trains you as well. Just because a human Masters one thing that's complex and may make it simple does not mean they've mastered life or the world!
Why is TH-cam suddenly suggesting I watch inane videos by self promoting life coaches? It’s not as if anyone has more experience of life than anyone else.
Charlie Munger and the other mentioned individuals are not life coaches. While 99% of people are not worth the time, there is a tiny percentage of people that do have more life experience. The key is knowing if it's relevant to your situation.
No offence but this was bad. First I will say that if this is the advice you follow to get rich (to avoid things that make you poor) then you will die poor. More importantly, you give no practical examples. You say "can you think of other situations" without prompting your viewer with more examples, which honestly feels extremely lazy on your part. Double the length of your video. And spend more time on concrete things and less on abstract. The mind will put the abstract together on its own. If it doesn't, you're destined to stay poor forever.
I'm reminded of when Arthur Dent learned that anyone can fly, all you have to do is throw yourself at the ground and miss.
“Always invert”. Therefore I should “never invert”. Got it.
The student has become the master.
@@audiodead7302
A double negative gives a positive.!!
"Therefore you should never NOT invert." Do you get it now???
@@kostap8210 But a triple negative gives a negative.
"Therefore you shouldn't never not invert"
@@audiodead7302and the master becomes the servant?
Avoid the mistakes of others, paradox solved.
Whenever I’m about to do something, I think, “would an idiot do that?” And if they would, I do not do that thing.
- Dwight Schrute
that's pretty much like asking myself "do i really want to do that" - and i go on to do cuz i can't help myself - i needed this video decades ago
@@Logic_Bum True... but I stopped YT and commenting for months, and gained nothing.
I call this the “one minus” method. The mathematical example is where you have a complex probability problem involving multiple interactions of probabilities which makes it very difficult to calculate. Instead of tackling the problem head on, and working through all of the combinations leading to the probable outcome, you focus on the probability of the even NOT occurring, which is usually much easier, and then take this value (which in probability terms will be some fraction) and subtract it from one, leaving you with your desired result. It’s a great favourite lesson of mathematics teachers and the are lots of examples out there. It’s surprising how often you can apply this principle this to everyday life situations as well if you are aware of it.
It's like answering a multiple choice question, using the elimination method, but provided you know enough to which one to eliminate. So this "deduction method" is not "fool-proved."
Both of these options seem useful, and I appreciated the video. More examples of how to apply the second one would be helpful.
Thanks for watching and great feedback!
Another famous example came from the cigarette industry back in the days:
From "How do we get woman to smoke" to
"What else has to be true that woman will smoke?"
slimming effect (cigarrette instead of dessert) , emancipation etc.
don't map out a path to your goals - instead - determine how to fail - then list the acts that will lead to that failure - and avoid them - the assumption is that after dodging the bad - you'll somehow arrive at your goal
You know that is a great way to express it - thanks for that piece of genius much appreciated 🎉
saved me 4:48 minutes, thank you.
🙌"Inversions" - Definitely worth it. A very informative video.
This video is the perfect length, great examples and switches the brain into the nextt gear. I would watch morecabout this.
Regarding point 1., in the field of AI, they say that a good language model, like ChatGPT, is not good because it says clever things, but because it doesn't say stupid things.
This is an example of your theory of inversion, avoiding the negative, instead of striving for the 'positive'.
We were inverted.
- Maverick
Thank you for a worthwhile video explained very well. The Sherlock Holmes example at the end demonstrated the concept you were explaining very well.
Thank you ☺️
Thanks Arnie
Excellent
I can see that setting fires could solve a lot of problems :)
Massive! Great video!
Thank you 😊
I did enjoy this video!
Very few people outside Germany know what a "handy" is!
Great mental model and nifty illustrations. How do you do those without showing your hand?
Thank you ! I use a software called videoscribe for that 😉
@@unlocking5891 maybe also mention that u did none of them urself cuz sadly for some it's not visible enough LOLS MLG
Irene Adler had a cellphone?
He's talking about the Sherlock series set in modern times.
Wait till you find out where she hid it.
its called le ji-es-em nuurddd 😎 😎
This better be good.
WAS IT TELL ME PLEASE GOD PLEASE I NEED IM BLIND DEAF AND IM DYING IN A WEEK PLEASE THIS I9S MY FINAL WISH PLEASE LE TME KNOW
You mean, this better be bad.
Bloody inverts!
Not really that smart. negative space is always infinitely larger than the path you're actually looking for. Finding the right part will take much less energy. And when you find the right path, you are automatically avoiding all the negative space and all the wrong paths.
The problem is positive space is not that straight forward. For example, going to gym is good way to lose weight yet we have so many overweight people. Perhaps a better approach would be to stop over eating junk food. How to avoid that ? Avoiding situations that make you overeat, learning to regulate emotions better.
If what you are about to do to get something could made you lose more than the something you are looking for, then don't do it.
For instance, you could easily apeace an anxious monkey pet by blowing weed smoke in its face.
But by doing this, both you and the monkey could become dependant on weed. And getting this disorder is worse than the pet's anxiety you were trying to control in the first place.
There once was a man with a goal,
How to get there he just didn't know,
Inversion dingalings,
By not doing things,
That would move him away from it though.
Aims everywhere else to get to your target? That's like playing the lottery!
STARTS 1:02
You explained this like you didn't understand it, though. If you did, you relate it to disjunctive syllogism, material implication, reductio ad absurdum.
he didnt give even a smudge of a definition, i do not understand your fancy words magic naked wizard
@@edffy7562 They are terms in logic; you could google them all; key concepts to know.
Great video
Thank you
The video is well made and clear, yet you should have given credit to Shane Parrish, as the depiction you provide (down to the exact examples and explanation flow) is EXACTLY the same that Shane provides in his book The Great Mental Models vol. 1.
Taking from others’ work is fine (this is all Shane does by the way, as per his own admission), but referencing the original source should go with it.
Thank you for your feedback. That's right I used Shane Parrish's book as the main source and also other contributions from other authors. But I probably should have looked for more and or other examples.
My thought process went back to Derek Sivers blog post - sive.rs/dq
I have added the source in the video description and will always give the "main source" in the future.
I dont invert I flip. I treat it like a coin. I flip it and look at the other side. Everythink has two sides.
I see somebody has been watching the Swedish Investor
Abstraction too
Subjectivities... Allegory...
Note that we did not search for this video
The inverse of watching TH-cam videos is...
Minimise your maximum regret
If Charlie Munger were a superhero, he would be Captain Obvious. As it turned out, he died at home. So I guess the best advice to live a long time is, build a home as if you were going to live in it, but live out of your car instead. But take the wheels off so you don't get in an accident!
Wasn't a phone, they didn't have cellphones back then
You are a correct. Not in the origin material.
I was talking about Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch (Season 2, Episode1) ☺️
@@unlocking5891
Yes. The original written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was 'The scandal in Bohemia ' in which Irene Adler has hidden her scandalous photos with the king of Bohemia behind a painting. Watson creates a hue and cry about fire and she runs for the painting and Holmes, who acts as a coachman catches her.
😄👍
AVOID TRUMP in 2024 ?
Democrats might focus on how to AVOID TRUMP MANIA in this election...
(Have IDEA CONTESTS, asking people to submit messaging ideas, now)
============================================================ TNX
TNX
Fools errand. Trump wins Nov 5.
How to be rich the easiest way is to have a rich father. That’s way the fathers are paying for their son’s university and not the students. They are paying few other things for their sons 1 the son’s waiting’s and the principal for their homes and the principal for their business. That’s way the inheritances are screaming. I don’t work and I am rich explain that to me
Actually, the world is not that complex to the trained individual, to the untrained, yes, very complex, why? because your untrained. All animals require training.
You’re
Grammar is pretty complex, right?
@@easlern thank you!
What do you even mean by "the world"? Do you mean life? Relationships? Business?
As far as being trained it all depends on who trains you as well. Just because a human Masters one thing that's complex and may make it simple does not mean they've mastered life or the world!
😂😂😂
Dubious and overgeneral.
This was worthless as far as being of any practical use goes. It's not even a coherent introduction to the topic.
Ah! Glad to find someone who thinks this!
3:47 German detected
What in the holy f***?
Why is TH-cam suddenly suggesting I watch inane videos by self promoting life coaches? It’s not as if anyone has more experience of life than anyone else.
Charlie Munger and the other mentioned individuals are not life coaches.
While 99% of people are not worth the time, there is a tiny percentage of people that do have more life experience. The key is knowing if it's relevant to your situation.
What a load of happy talk bull crap
Liton
I am at second 38 amd you have not defined Inversion. Great illustrations so far though. I will have to watch something else now.
No offence but this was bad. First I will say that if this is the advice you follow to get rich (to avoid things that make you poor) then you will die poor. More importantly, you give no practical examples. You say "can you think of other situations" without prompting your viewer with more examples, which honestly feels extremely lazy on your part. Double the length of your video. And spend more time on concrete things and less on abstract. The mind will put the abstract together on its own. If it doesn't, you're destined to stay poor forever.
Well stated.