Thread by @syncretizm

Been analysing the process of recall. It's starting to seem that there is no distinct phase for input versus output. Whenever there is an input, the mind is already giving auto-outputs. It's a biofeedback system. Hence synthesis can only happen through feedback and appendage.

"Threading mode" came from analysing what our minds do when receiving six sense inputs; but it did not adequately dive into how our mind automatically feeds back and creates big works of synthesis by wrestling concepts on paper.

Seems that to really understand this, we need to dive into subconscious mechanics, beyond working memory.

We essentially work in chunks because our working memory can only *grok* with that much per instance. It's painfully slow and hence attention is an important and scarce resource. We are the limiters of our own systems.

I've had so many solutions come to me during a walk, in the middle of the night, going into meditation, reaching alpha or theta brainwave states and daydreams - these solutions sometimes feel like they are multithreaded and hit me really hard with eureka moments

What is it that makes you go "this reminds me of ... XXX"? How can I make information retrievable? It seems like one way I've stumbled on to do this in PKM is to create 'access points' via [[temporary themes]]

The funny thing is that you need at least 2-degree-deep associations in order for you to see these connections, which is what is currently happening in this tweet here. These temporary 'markers' act as gravitators to bring ideas together.

https://twitter.com/syncretizm/status/1490008110223675396

working in threading mode as allowed this to happen because not only are there 'blocks', they're not just linearly placed. You can see open-ended access points to "rejoin a conversation with yourself"

Another reason why graph view takes things to the next level - outlining just does not do it for me anymore - it feels claustrophobic at this point. "Co-citations" brings second-degree+ associations in text form but nothing beats being able to see it graphically represented.

Honing in on cue-response pairings, like how a certain keyword automatically brings a cloud of associations effortlessly... how do we actively replicate this in a PKM software?

Several methods so far in @obsdmd, according to personal preference:
1. Graph view to look 2+ degrees deep
2. Various Complements plugin
3. Co-citations in graph analysis plugin
4. [[^^]] and [[##]]
5. Tagging
6. Linked mentions

Interestingly, linked mentions have been left all the way to the bottom of the list. I'm not sure if anyone feels the same way but it seems like first-degree associations are not as powerful as second-degree ones for synthesis