Summary from BoingBoing; the full read at the NY Times is a good one.
The Jews in the room will recognize the discussion of the nature of our meta-knowledge has several parallels with differences between the Four Sons (ארבעה בנים) of the Passover seder: the Wise Son (חכם - known questions, known answers), the Simple Son (תם - known questions, unknown answers) and most importantly, the Son Who Doesn’t Know How To Ask (שאינו יודע לשאול - unknown unknowns). The Evil Son (רשע) is either the knowledgeable but deliberately malicious version of the Wise Son, or, depending on your interpretation, the so-misguided-he-thinks-he’s-right bank robber with lemon juice on his face, a simple son who thinks he’s a wise son, the everyday anosognosic of the article’s title.
I was also pleased to see the article reference Stefan Fatsis’s “Word Freaks,” which was a really fascinating book I highly recommend about competitive Scrabble players (think King of Kong in book form).
I’m looking forward to the next 4 articles in the series.
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