SearchResearch (7/29/26): Mental models: Why you have them… and why they sometimes mislead you…

A mental model... Hamster-powered search (P/C Gemini) .. is just the collection of what you know about some thing: what that thing is, the way it looks, how to use it. Just as importantly, a mental model also tells you (a) what a thing normally looks like, (b) its normal functioning, and (c) how to fix it when things go wrong. That’s usually the way people define MENTAL MODEL. But wait… there’s…