Vaniver comments on 5 Second Level: Substituting the Question - Less Wrong
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This looks like a description of common behavior, so you can notice when you're falling into it, and consider switching to Type 2 reasoning.
Yup. That's why I don't like the name that I used in the title - it describes behavior that you should avoid. "Not substituting the question" isn't catchy enough. Added a sentence in the main post to hopefully clarify.
"Know to empty caches" perhaps?