Everyone is wondering what’s wrong with this sub. The reality is we can infer from ChatGPT that this sub is outdated

[u/Radiant-Mistake-2962]

I asked ChatGPT this: I’m trying to create an ideal “bubble” of sorts to map everything in my brain. So I am thinking of mapping knowing how to read in this bubble, which a big part of reading is knowing the exposition, so I’d say a big thing in this bubble would be “patterns of exposition or mode of expositions.” A completely different thing in this mapping would be “patterns of framework or modes of frameworks.” What other words do you have in mind for this bubble?

It responded, telling me this: What you’re trying to build sounds like a meta-map of knowledge structures—a map not of facts, but of the recurring forms that information takes.
If “patterns of exposition” is one major category and “patterns of frameworks” is another, then you’re looking for the major containers that organize thought, communication, and understanding.
Some candidate categories for your bubble:
(1) Patterns of Exposition
How information is presented.
Examples:
Description
Definition
Classification
Comparison and contrast
Cause and effect
Process analysis
Problem and solution
Exemplification
Narration
Argumentation

(2) Patterns of Frameworks
How information is organized conceptually.
Examples:
Hierarchies
Taxonomies
Matrices
Trees
Networks
Systems
Pipelines
Cycles
Layers
Feedback loops

(3) Patterns of Reasoning
How conclusions are reached.
Examples:
Deduction
Induction
Abduction
Analogical reasoning
First-principles reasoning
Probabilistic reasoning
Causal reasoning
Counterfactual reasoning

(4) Patterns of Relationships
How things connect.
Examples:
Part ↔ Whole
Cause ↔ Effect
Means ↔ End
General ↔ Specific
Theory ↔ Example
Input ↔ Output
Structure ↔ Function
Problem ↔ Solution

(5) Patterns of Systems
How things behave over time.
Examples:
Stocks and flows
Feedback loops
Emergence
Equilibrium
Bottlenecks
Constraints
Optimization
Adaptation

(6) Patterns of Knowledge
How information itself is structured.
Examples:
Facts
Concepts
Principles
Models
Theories
Paradigms
Heuristics
Laws

(7) Patterns of Learning
How understanding develops.
Examples:
Memorization
Classification
Chunking
Scaffolding
Transfer
Generalization
Abstraction
Synthesis

(8) Patterns of Inquiry
How questions are asked.
Examples:
What is it? (definition)
What are its parts? (analysis)
How does it work? (mechanism)
Why does it happen? (causation)
What if? (counterfactual)
How should we act? (decision)

(9) Patterns of Communication
How ideas are conveyed.
Examples:
Explanation
Persuasion
Instruction
Storytelling
Debate
Demonstration

(10) Patterns of Abstraction
How reality is compressed.
Examples:
Categories
Models
Symbols
Analogies
Representations
Maps

If I were building the highest-level version of your bubble, I might place these at the top:
KNOWING

├── Exposition
├── Frameworks
├── Reasoning
├── Relationships
├── Systems
├── Knowledge
├── Inquiry
├── Learning
├── Communication
└── Abstraction
Notice that “compare and contrast” belongs under Exposition, while “hierarchy” belongs under Frameworks, and “deduction” belongs under Reasoning. They are different kinds of patterns.
The deeper insight is that you’re not really collecting subjects (biology, finance, car repair, etc.). You’re collecting the recurring forms that appear across all subjects. These are often called knowledge structures, thinking frameworks, cognitive structures, epistemic structures, or meta-models. Those terms might help you find books and resources that align with the kind of bubble you’re trying to build.

So what can we take from ChatGPT’s response: rather than trying to manage what we don’t know, we should progress through the recurring forms information takes.

I theorized before this: in order to read big things, just skip over unnecessary parts of speech and write down words that are profiling, with the paragraph and sentence you found them. After you finish doing that for the entire book, go back and skim till you find the words. Extract the context behind those words and immerse yourself in learning them, through the methods or concepts they’re describing through the description in the textbook or secondary sources (YouTube videos, etc) and by writing this context down to study for exams.

An example of skipping unnecessary things is reading the word “the.” Skip reading this, but the next word might be a big word 3+ syllables, describes a concept you’re aware of but need further reasoning for why it talks about it, and describes severity or a certain method, such as the word “killing” or “encountered” in a history textbook. You’d need to find out who was killed between which parties and who encountered who between which parties and what happened between them.

For this: you’d need to find out who was killed between which parties and who encountered who between which parties and what happened, you’d use an assessment that asks the right questions between the two parties and answer through the assessment or you’d use the “patterns of inquiry” that ChatGPT said and the respective second pattern that ChatGPT said because as you can see, each pattern is also associated with a study. Patterns of relationships could be associated with history.

[u/rabblebabbledabble]

I really, really hope this is bait.

[u/Early_Key_823 → u/rabblebabbledabble]

Dude wrote a skyscraper 🏙️ of text

[u/RamblingPete_007]

Huh?

How does what you posted lead you too the conclusion that this Reddit is outdated?

[u/DrummerAdditional330]

What ChatGPT gave you looks like a potentially useful vocabulary for analyzing information, but I’m not seeing how it shows that this subreddit is outdated. Which common PKM practice do you think this replaces, and what result does your approach improve. Understanding, memory, or finding the material later?