#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge

Sam Harris speaks with Stephen Fleming about the neuroscience of
self-awareness. They discuss the nature and limits of
metacognition, the relationship between self-knowledge and
intelligence, error monitoring, theory of mind, mirror neurons,
deception and self-deception, false confidence, probabilistic
reasoning, where metacognition fails, cognitive decline,
calibrating one’s confidence, and other topics.


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