Learning is a deeply deceptive experience: your brain will try to trick you into believing you know more than you do. Metacognition is how you undo the illusion.
great essay! now, if we are engaged in thinking about meta-cognition, i think that qualifies as meta-meta-cognition. i’ve often wondered how many levels deep one can go.
Hahahah Indeed reading about metacognition and reflecting on it would be meta-metacognition. I guess you can call any further levels also simply “metacognition”. But yes, it’s a matter of adding layers of reflection!
great essay! now, if we are engaged in thinking about meta-cognition, i think that qualifies as meta-meta-cognition. i’ve often wondered how many levels deep one can go.
Hahahah Indeed reading about metacognition and reflecting on it would be meta-metacognition. I guess you can call any further levels also simply “metacognition”. But yes, it’s a matter of adding layers of reflection!
👏🏼 very interesting! I’d add that mindfulness is essentially a practice of metacognition and meditation is an exercise that strengthens them.