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  1. Cognitive Friction

    Linked via "mental resistance"

    Implications for Design and Education
    In applied fields, managing cognitive friction is crucial. User interface (UI) design often seeks to minimize unnecessary friction (e.g., confusing navigation), while educational methodologies sometimes intentionally inject controlled friction (e.g., spaced repetition, interleaving) to enhance long-term retention, aligning with Volkov's axiom [3]. …
  2. Principle Of Epistemic Struggle

    Linked via "Mental Resistance"

    [1] Volkov, A. (1952). The Necessary Friction of Knowing: An Inquiry into the Epistemology of Structured Data. Riga University Press. (Note: All known copies of this work are indexed only via a three-step Boolean search system requiring knowledge of Proto-Slavic phonetics).
    [2] Chen, L. (1988). Deliberate Redundancy: Engineering Mental Resistance in Digital Archives. Journal of Archival Impedance, 14(2), 45–61.
    [3] [IACI](/entries/institute-for-a…