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by biosed 821 days ago
Wasn't most of the claims in that book refuted, some even by the author. I really enjoyed it and found some great insights only to be later told by a friend in that sphere that the book was not correct and even the author had "retracted" some of the assertions.
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It might still be a useful concept in developing LLMs.
He won a Nobel prize for his works so not sure how much of it would be refuted
One quick google search and you can find multiple links for that, including some that were posted here. wasn't proven to be false but that the evidence used was not much of evidence either.

here the first one in my results:

https://retractionwatch.com/2017/02/20/placed-much-faith-und...

Cunningham's Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

As luck would have it, a System 1 vs System 2 scenario falls into our laps.