That’s almost exactly the framework I had in mind, but as we collapse one topic back to “simple” we become aware of new tangential topics and go through the cycle again. 

Undisciplined

There is a corollary to DK Effect that sorta works in reverse:

That is, when we are at "mid-level" knowledge we are aware of all these conditional variables but we haven't totally integrated them yet....eventually we integrate these into our mental model and sort of flatten it down to a simplistic model again.

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Why Are Bitcoiners Idiots?

denlillaapan

There is a corollary to DK Effect that sorta works in reverse: 

* Newb thinks the topic is simple
* Mid-level knowledge thinks same topic is super complicated with tons of variables
* Expert level thinks the topic is simple

That is, when we are at "mid-level" knowledge we are aware of all these conditional variables but we haven't totally integrated them yet....eventually we integrate these into our mental model and sort of flatten it down to a simplistic model again. 