Why you should be more willing to admit when you don’t know something

Your willingness to admit what you don’t know often increases people’s trust in you, says this cognitive scientist.

How many times have you been asked by someone at work whether you know about a particular project, are familiar with a specific concept, or know a person? Chances are, you have answered “yes” to that question a few times when you did not, in fact, know what they were talking about.