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Metacognition: The Highest Form of Intelligence?

What Neuroscience Really Says

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Dr Ioannis Syrigos
Mar 18, 2026
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The highest form of intelligence isn’t what you know, it’s how you watch your own mind at work.

Recently, a @LeadersJunction X post went viral with an audacious and shocking statement: “The highest level of intelligence (according to neuroscience)!!!

The 2-minute video does not discuss astoundingly high IQ scores, extraordinary photographic memories, or t…

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