Network hierarchies allow us to create a network where local hierarchies are allowed. In this way one concept can be made up of others.

The concept of 7±2 concepts suggests that there is a limit to how many concepts we can hold in our conscious minds at once. Thus, there is an evolutionary pressure to create concepts that gather together other concepts: it enables us to think faster.

The concept of spreading activation shows us how the concepts that we hold are interlinked and how that linking can be influenced and changed.

The final connection is that Dave would like to propose that 7±2 is limit to the number of concepts that can be gathered together in a new concept.

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This connection links the concepts of spreading activation, network hierarchies and 7±2 concepts with the discussion in the Onion Mind blog.

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