Adults tend to forget that they gained their powers of reasoning by exercising them.
Getting a summary, the way you described it, will be minus the effort required to think about it. This is great for information that you are already informed.
This is related to the illusion of explanatory depth. Most of us “know” how something works, until we have to actually explain it. Like drawing a bi-cycle, or explaining how a flush works.
People in general are not aware of how their brain works, and how much mental exercise they used get with the way the world is set up.
I suppose we can set up brain gyms, where people can practice using mental skills so that they don’t atrophy?
Adults tend to forget that they gained their powers of reasoning by exercising them.
Getting a summary, the way you described it, will be minus the effort required to think about it. This is great for information that you are already informed.
This is related to the illusion of explanatory depth. Most of us “know” how something works, until we have to actually explain it. Like drawing a bi-cycle, or explaining how a flush works.
People in general are not aware of how their brain works, and how much mental exercise they used get with the way the world is set up.
I suppose we can set up brain gyms, where people can practice using mental skills so that they don’t atrophy?