articulation regularization

see also communication is processing

Developing an idea with someone else applies regularization to the idea. It guarantees that the idea will be communicable, and that you'll be able to communicate it.

There are lots of ways to convince yourself of something. Doing it:

1. with a linear chain of implications
2. using concepts that other people are familiar with
3. with a relatively short argument
4. with precomputed rebuttals to obvious objections

makes your idea much more valuable, because then you can communicate the idea to other people.

These are also good ideas of their own accord:

1. Spelling out the implications is a sanity check for logical coherence.
2. The 'concepts that other people are familiar with' reflect concepts that have been broadly useful; we have some evidence that they describe real(ish) things and connect in useful ways.
3. Smaller chains have fewer opportunities to contain weak links.
4. The need to defend against objections is like adversarial training; it makes your idea more robust.