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one thing I've learned about teaching over the years is that if I make a negative statement (like “git commits aren't stored as diffs"), it doesn't really work -- often people will just ignore it, especially if it contradicts their current mental model

so I always have to figure out how to make a positive statement, and make it in a way that will convince people whose mental model is different right now

convincing people to adjust their mental models is really hard!