036 Knowing Doesn't Mean Being Aware
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Knowing Doesn't Mean Being Aware
Knowing something and being aware of it are two different things.
Anyone can know.
But I argue that awareness is something far deeper.
Awareness becomes something unconscious (or second nature). But knowledge just remains in our understanding.
As Daniel Kahneman writes in Thinking, fast and slow (see the recommended book in the List below), "Facts that we know do not always come to mind when we need them."
Key word in that quote is know.
Awareness on the other hand, comes to mind when need arises because it is ingrained into us, in a way.
The ones that don't follow their own rational advice can be said to know but not be thoroughly aware.
In this entire idea of course, we were going far deeper than conventional dictionary definitions.
The Amazing Things & Ideas List
A blog post on what knowledge really is, how it's created and how we progress:
"Epistemology: knowledge and its creation" by Brett Hall
This post delves into how error is inescapable, that knowledge is our best explanations about the physical world and the way to progress is by criticizing ideas.
An excerpt from the post:
"What does 'certain' mean? If I'm 'certain' - what does that mean? It just means I feel some way. I feel certain. Certainty is an emotion! It's a feeling you get (or at least a feeling some people seem to want to have). But a feeling - the feeling that you are definitely, without a doubt correct is no guarantee that you are."
Read the full post here.
A book that makes you think about thinking:
Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
Nassim Nicholas Taleb described this work as "a landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud."
I agree. It's probably the greatest book on psychology ever written, and fairly acclaimed so.
Sleep isn't the only form of rest you need:
"The 7 types of rest that every person needs" by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
“Sleep alone can’t restore us to the point we feel rested. So it’s time for us to begin focusing on getting the right type of rest we need.”
This TED Idea by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith asserts seven kinds of rest we all need. A few of which I had never given any thought prior to this.
Read the article here.
Paul Graham on the lesson to unlearn:
"The most damaging thing you learned in school wasn't something you learned in any specific class. It was learning to get good grades."
Paul Graham wrote that in this amazing article.
A crucial article posted on my blog this week:
Parenting Misconceptions: shared by a kid:
Excerpt:
Human biology and evolution favor us in the ease of the process of procreating children but it doesn’t make the job of raising them easy in any way. That’s one reason why parents have such a hard time raising a child. It isn’t instinctive to us like copulation seems to be.
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Onward,
Arjun
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