# 101 Mental Models for Learning Anything

By [Ricaso](https://paragraph.com/@ricaso) · 2022-12-07

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A mental model is a general idea that can be used to explain many different phenomena. [Supply and demand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand) in economics, [natural selection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection) in biology, [recursion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion) in computer science, or [proof by induction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_induction) in mathematics — these models are everywhere once you know to look for them.

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