# A Socratic mindset Created On: 06-17-2023 03:58 pm Up:: [[Thinking (MOC)]] Tags:: #note/evergreen🌲 Topics:: [[Happiness (MOC)]] Related:: [[Socratic method]], [[Socratic method dialogue]] --- A Socratic mindset is the manifestation of [[Socratic method]] that shapes the orientation of your thinking and enables [[Socratic method dialogue|Socratic dialogue]]. It is to remove the restraints of systematic, conventional language and understanding, as well as societal and cultural norms, which are all lenses that influence *how* we perceive problems and topics. This lens often distorts an otherwise unadulterated sense of prospective truth… Our responsibility is to shed those lenses and perceive everything unfiltered. As in [[Plato’s Cave]], what around you are shadows vs. the proper form? When we recognize that everything in this world is man-made, we can only logically acknowledge that we can change it. That *begins* with our thinking and the willingness to question everything. Therefore, how do we do that? We deploy the [[Socratic method dialogue]]. We question: question everything: [[The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing]]… Ultimately, [[‘What’ you think matters little compared to ‘how’ you think]].