Konkvistador comments on Why do people commit mathematical mistakes? What are the mechanisms behind them? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 September 2011 10:16:04PM *  2 points [-]

Because sometimes our reasoning fails?

Are you seeking specific (preferably common) ways in which "mathematical reasoning fails"? If so my first idea for something like this would be failure of short term memory.

Comment author: Logos01 08 September 2011 12:01:59PM 0 points [-]

It's less, I feel, about reasoning than it is about attention. Working memory, that is.