Do figuring out why you think something is true and seeing if there’s some way to check on it (and, if cheap enough, checking on it) have names as rationality skills?
Sounds like metacognition: the act of the mind watching itself think.
It’s partly the mind watching itself, and partly the mind trying to improve its connection to the world.
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Do figuring out why you think something is true and seeing if there’s some way to check on it (and, if cheap enough, checking on it) have names as rationality skills?
Sounds like metacognition: the act of the mind watching itself think.
It’s partly the mind watching itself, and partly the mind trying to improve its connection to the world.