BI 107 Steve Fleming: Know Thyself
Brain Inspired
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Are We More Metacognitively Accurate Than the Cavemen?
Do you think that we are more or less metacognitively accurate than let's do the the trope of the cavemen, hunter-gatherers, right? You know, it's interesting to think not just about metacognition, but also about our subjective awareness and the quality. And I was going to ask if those two track if the quality of our metacognitive accuracy tracks with our quality, I guess, of subjective experience. Steve: There's some sense in which because metacognitions plays a social function, perhaps it's intertwined with things like mind reading and the ability to think about other people's minds.
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