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<li>It is beneficial <a href="/en/way%20of%20thinking">way of thinking</a> to focus on <a href="/en/difference">difference</a>, seeing it as &quot;<a href="/en/similar">similar</a>&quot; rather than &quot;<a href="/en/same">same</a>.&quot;</li>
<li>2 Steps<ul>
<li>Same&quot; - &quot;Are you sure they are the same? Isn&#39;t it just a resemblance?&quot;</li>
<li>&#39;Not the same, just similar&#39; -&gt; &#39;Then what&#39;s the difference?&#39; #Similar -&gt; What&#39;s the difference?</li>
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<p>Past Discussions
    - <a href="/en/Same%22%20and%20%22different%22%20go%20hand%20in%20hand.">Same&quot; and &quot;different&quot; go hand in hand.</a>
    - Think &quot;similar,&quot; not &quot;same.&quot;
        - <a href="/en/class%20with">class with</a> is incorrect
    - <a href="/en/W-type%20problem-solving%20model%20of%20the%20KJ%20method%20and%20U-theory%2C%20respectively">W-type problem-solving model of the KJ method and U-theory, respectively</a>
        - <a href="/en/Difference%20between%20%22same%22%20and%20%22similar.%22">Difference between &quot;same&quot; and &quot;similar.&quot;</a>
    - It is important to focus on the differences
    - <a href="/en/A%20set%20that%20was%20assumed%20to%20be%20equal">A set that was assumed to be equal</a>
    - <a href="/en/Case%20%2359b9f640aff09e0000785280%2C%20a%20case%20study%20of%20noticing%20blind%20spots%20from%20the%20perspective%20of%20others">Case #59b9f640aff09e0000785280, a case study of noticing blind spots from the perspective of others</a>.
        - A case in which <a href="/en/question">question</a> from <a href="/en/another%20person">another person</a> made me realize that concepts I had not distinguished (= sets I had assumed to be equal) were not equal.
    - There&#39;s a <a href="/en/blind%20spot">blind spot</a> right there.</p>
<pre><code>- [integrative thinking](/en/integrative%20thinking)   [integrative thinking](/en/integrative%20thinking)
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