science fiction
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Jan 28, 2016
Rao: Mental models are best understood as fictional world-building
“The best definition of a mental model is a world in the sense of science fiction or fantasy, right? So you've got, say, a universe like the Harry Potter universe or the Lord of the Ring universe, and so there's the world, and then there's the story that's told…”