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I Know That I Don’t Know (Part 1) - Socrates

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Socrates says that if you "know that you don’t know", and thus recognize your lack of knowledge, you actually know.

Why? When you admit you don’t know something, you awaken your desire to learn and thus fill that gap.

So, if you know that you don’t know, in a way, you know.

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DEBRIEFING First videogame

In the game, at times, the ball is visible: you know that you know its position.

At other times, however, the ball becomes invisible: you know that you don’t know where it is.

In those moments, though, you activate your resources. You observe the game, analyze the trajectory, and manage to calculate the ball’s position to intercept it.

So, when you know that you don’t know where the ball is, you still manage to calculate its position.

As Socrates said: if you know that you don’t know, you actually know.

I Know That I Don’t Know (Part 2) - Socrates

Now the challenge presents a level of greater complexity.

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DEBRIEFING Second videogame

In this game, calculating the trajectory of the ball is much more difficult: the ball remains invisible for too long.

When you know that you don’t know the ball’s position, you activate your resources, but adopt a different strategy compared to the previous game.

You know that you don’t know.