Know Thyself

书名：KnowThyself 作者：StephenM.Fleming 出版社：BasicBooks 译者： 出版日期：2021-4-27 页数：304 ISBN：9781541672840

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“Areyousure?”

Whetherinacourtroom,adoctor’soffice,agameshow’shotseat,orastudent’sdesk,wearealwaystryingtoanswerthatquestion.Shouldweaccepteyewitnesstestimonyoraphysician’sdiagnosis?Dowereallywanttoriskitallonafinalquestion?Andwhatshouldwebestudyinginordertodoaswellaspossibleonatest?Inshort,howdoweknowwhatweandothersknow—orasimportantly,don’tknow?

AscognitiveneuroscientistStephenFlemingshowsinKnowThyself,wedothiswithmetacognition.Metacognition,orthinkingaboutthinking,isthemostimportanttoolwehaveforunderstandingourownmind.Metacognitionisanawesomepower:Itiswhatenablesself-awarenessaswellaswhatletsusthinkaboutthemindsofothers.Itistheultimatehumantrait,andinitsmostrarefiedformsisapowerthatneitherotheranimals,norourcurrentartificialintelligences,have.Metacognitionteachesusthelimitsofourownknowledge.Onceweunderstandwhatitisandhowitworks,wecanimproveourperformanceandmakebetterdecisions.Forexample,ontheSAT,ithelpsusgaugewhenweshouldskipaquestionratherthanlosepointsgettingananswerwrong.

KnowThyself,likethemetacognitionitself,isequalpartsscientific,philosophical,andpractical.Andthatmeans,likeThinking,FastandSlowandPredictablyIrrational,it’sthatrarestofbooks:onethatcanbothexpandourmindsandchangeourlives.