PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Metacognition, Implicature, Metamemory
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Problems with computer model: brain is plastic, computer is not, at the software level, computational model is inadequate. Propositions are statements about facts 2+2=4, Mind primarily as a machine for making beliefs. But, most of our cognition is not about acquisition of beliefs, but acquisition of skills knowing how to do things procedural kind of knowing. Computers suck at this stuff all their knowledge is propositional. Computers can"t track patterns and follow them with actions imagine playing a sports game you"re trying to figure out patterns, anticipate what"s going to happen, follow through with an action computer can"t do this! Computers are good at this kind of thinking - reliable about not dropping truth if you put truth into them. But, you are not organized just to find true information the true information out there is infinite. What we care about is relevance we only care about relevant truth. How you assimilate and accommodate = attention to relevant truths.
