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by xjay 911 days ago
Warning from Daniel Kahneman on "System 1" and "System 2". [1]

> I'm going to use "System 1" and "System 2", absolutely as homunculi. [...] They don't exist. [...] Don't look for them in the brain, because they are not two systems in the brain, of which one does one, and the other does the other. So why am I using this terrible language? I'm using it because I think it's helpful. It fits the way our minds work, and to explain the background of that decision--of why I use "System 1" and "System 2"--I refer you to a very good book. [...] It's by Joshua Foer and it's called "Moonwalking with Einstein". [2]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVQJdIrDJ0&t=1224s

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonwalking_with_Einstein

The article does put these terms in quotes.

1 comments

His book Thinking, Fast and Slow makes it clear that these are conveniences and not real systems in the brain.