Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

Ep. 42 - Intelligence, Rationality, and Wisdom

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Nov 27, 2019
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INSIGHT

Rationality vs. Intelligence and Logicality

  • Rationality is not equivalent to logicality or intelligence.
  • It requires multiple competencies, including inferential and control competencies, like insight and problem formulation.
INSIGHT

Psychotechnology Defined

  • Psychotechnology enhances information processing in a domain-general manner.
  • Examples include literacy, numeracy, and graphing, impacting cognition broadly.
INSIGHT

Problem Finding and Wisdom

  • Problem finding, a key aspect of need for cognition, is central to wisdom.
  • Good problem finders generate "problem nexuses," impacting existing problems significantly.
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