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We all think we know more than we do. Humans have built hugely complex societies and systems, but almost all of us don't even understand how a pen or a bathroom works. How have we achieved a whole lot despite understanding so little? Cognitive experts Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach claim that we survive and thrive despite our mental shortcomings because we live in a rich community of knowledge. The main element to our intellect lies in folks and things around us. We're constantly attracting on information and skills stored outside our mind: in our bodies, the environment, our belongings, and the community with which we work together - and usually we don't even realize we're carrying it out. The human head is both great and pathetic. We've mastered fireplace, created democratic institutions, stood on the moon, and sequenced our genome. And yet each of us is error vulnerable, sometimes irrational, and often ignorant. The fundamentally communal character of intellect and knowledge talks about why we often presume we know more than we really do, why political ideas and false beliefs are so difficult to change, and just why individually oriented methods to education and management frequently fail. But our collaborative thoughts also allow us to do amazing things. This publication contends that true genius can be found in the ways we create intellect using the planet around us.
