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Metacism

The belief that Metahumans and humans aren’t the same.
Them damn humans shouldn’t have the same rights as us Metahumans

Metacism isn’t right, boy!
by WordyWinston February 27, 2024
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metacuck

A person who derives sexual pleasure from watching their significant other (or ex) derive sexual pleasure from watching the latter's ex (or significant other, as in polyamory) have sex with yet another person.
Johnny thinks being a metacuck is great because no technically no one in his relationship is cheating; he jacks off to his wife and his wife jacks off to her ex fucking another man. If anything it's cheating at being a cuck at all!
by Upside Down Bag of Flour April 11, 2024
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metacuck

A person that derives sexual pleasure from watching their significant other (or ex) derive sexual pleasure from watching the latter's ex (or significant other, as in polyamory) have sex with yet another person.
Johnny loves being a metacuck since he and his girlfriend aren't technically cheating; he gets off watching her and she gets off watching her ex fuck another man. If anything he's cheating at being a cuck!
by Upside Down Bag of Flour April 11, 2024
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Metacon

Metacon is short for metaphysical context. Alternative to words like aura.
"Have you seen Isaac lately? His metacon is powerful"
by Jay Freeman December 11, 2024
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Metacognitive Sciences

The interdisciplinary study of metacognition—the human capacity to think about and regulate one's own thinking. This field, spanning cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and education, investigates how we monitor our understanding, gauge our confidence, and choose strategies for learning and problem-solving. It’s the science of how the mind knows itself, from the simple feeling of "knowing you know" to complex executive control.
Example: Research on why students often have poor judgment about their own learning (e.g., thinking they've mastered material after passive highlighting) falls under Metacognitive Sciences. The goal is to develop techniques ("metacognitive strategies") to help people become better judges and pilots of their own mental processes.
by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026
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A framework that examines the different overarching models we have for understanding metacognition—our ability to think about our own thinking. Competing paradigms might view metacognition as: a central executive function in a computer-like brain, an emergent property of distributed neural processes, or a socially constructed skill learned through dialogue. Your metacognitive paradigm dictates how you try to improve thinking, whether through brain training, meditation, or social critique.
Metacognitive Paradigm Theory Example: A self-help guru teaching "mindfulness" operates in a Metacognitive Paradigm that sees thought as a stream to be observed non-judgmentally. A cognitive therapist teaching clients to identify "cognitive distortions" operates in a paradigm that sees thought as a set of propositions to be logically analyzed. They're both doing metacognition, but from fundamentally different theoretical starting points.
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Metacognitive Biases

Flaws in our self-monitoring and self-regulation of thinking processes (metacognition). These biases distort our judgment of our own understanding, learning, and problem-solving abilities. Key examples include the Dunning-Kruger effect (poor performers overestimate their ability) and the Illusion of Explanatory Depth (believing you understand something complex until you have to explain it). They are biases in the "dashboard readings" of your own mind.
Metacognitive Biases Example: A student crams for an exam and feels a strong "feeling of knowing." This Metacognitive Bias leads them to stop studying, confident they've mastered the material. During the test, they blank—their metacognitive gauge of knowledge was faulty, mistaking familiarity for understanding.
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