# The Mental Model Fallacy  ## About - Author: Cedric Chin - Title: The Mental Model Fallacy - Tags: #articles - URL: https://commoncog.com/the-mental-model-fallacy/ ## Highlights The second half of this assertion is false: you cannot learn the mental models that are responsible for success through reading and thinking. The reason for this is the same reason that attempting to learn how to ride a bicycle by reading a book is stupid. The most valuable mental models do not survive codification. They cannot be expressed through words alone. ---