Steven Pinker
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Oh my God, I didn't put that in the book.
Actually, that's Eddie Murphy.
No, no, he's imitating.
He's imitating the actual Honeymooners, right?
He's imitating.
You know that I know that you know that I know, Norton.
I can't believe I left that out.
Just as good.
Maybe better.
So to be distinguished from private knowledge, where everyone knows something, but they may not know that everyone else knows it.
And that makes a big difference.
I never thought to think about that.
It's been explored by game theorists, the branch of mathematics dealing with the
best strategy when other people have their own strategies.
It's a big deal in economics for reasons that we'll get to.
It's been studied by philosophers, but it is a psychological phenomenon.
It's getting in the heads of other people when they're getting into your heads or still other people's heads.