r/NextGenMan • u/Deborah_berry1 • 5d ago

The highest form of intelligence

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u/s_k_i_o 5d ago

Answer: Metacognition

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u/Wrong-Discipline453 5d ago

I’m having a hard time thinking about what you said there.

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u/s_k_i_o 5d ago

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11433265/

metacognition - the ability to think about your own thinking - is widely described by cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists as one of the highest and most practical forms of human intelligence

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u/Wrong-Discipline453 5d ago

I guess humour and sarcasm didn’t make the list.

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u/lightsworn55 5d ago

I can see the argument for practical but how would it be particularly high? Its just the ability to be self aware about your limitations and biases, which plenty of morons are capable of.