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Self-knowledge is a super power

Self-knowledge is a powerful thing – if it’s not an illusion. What can we know about our own minds, and why does it matter?

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It would be impossible for poker players to bluff if they didn’t have control over facts about their own mind

We have a way of knowing facts about the contents of our own mind, such as our sensations or some of our attitudes, via a means that no one else can use to know those very same facts.

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