You Are Not So Smart

231 - On Being Certain - Robert Burton (rebroadcast)

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Apr 17, 2022
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INSIGHT

Certainty as a Sensation

  • Certainty is a biological sensation, not a conscious conclusion.
  • The "feeling of knowing" arises involuntarily and feels like a conclusion when it is not.
INSIGHT

Why Minds Rarely Change

  • People rarely change views based on better evidence alone.
  • Mind changing usually happens through personal experiences or epiphanies, not logic or facts.
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Unconscious Brain Calculations

  • Most brain calculations occur unconsciously, and consciousness only receives the output.
  • The sensation of certainty is independent of conscious thought, making knowing a feeling, not reasoning.
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