You Are Not So Smart

204 - On Being Certain - Robert Burton

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Apr 18, 2021
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ANECDOTE

The Kite Aha Moment

  • Hearing a confusing description without context triggers uncertainty and discomfort.
  • Revealing the meaning suddenly produces a clear and pleasing sense of certainty.
INSIGHT

Changing Minds Requires Epiphanies

  • People rarely change their minds just from hearing better evidence.
  • Mind change often occurs through personal epiphanies beyond logic or reason.
INSIGHT

Certainty Is a Sensation

  • Certainty is a brain-generated sensation, not a conscious conclusion.
  • The "feeling of knowing" happens involuntarily and feels like a conclusion but is separate from reasoning.
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