It’s not what you believe that makes you human, it’s what you don’t believe.

Unlike animal knowledge, mature human knowledge is not a natural phenomenon.”
Michael Williams (2015), philosopher

There is a difference between primate and human thought that is subtle and uncertain, but I think it’s crucial. It’s the ability to understand a false belief.

It seems to me that there exists another evolutionary step beyond ours.

Knowing and Learning

False Beliefs

Ideology


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