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Meta: In epistemology, the prefix meta- is used to mean about (its own category). For example, metadata are data about data (who has produced them, when, what format the data are in and so on). Similarly, metamemory in psychology means an individual’s knowledge about whether or not they would remember something if they concentrated on [...]

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Have you ever seen a cat play with a mouse? If you have, you will understand the context of my first Ask the Audience question: Are Cats Evil? That question is actually too broad, take it more limited in scope: is the way they play with mice evil? …encouraging a mouse to try and run [...]

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