The Science of Thinking

This sounds a lot like System 1 and System 2 as described by Thinking, Fast and Slow link Veritasium did a great job summarizing the idea: link to this video

…maybe it is the case that people who know to use the hard stuff are interested in the subject enough to learn how to do it the hard way. You wouldn't be surprised that those who use Assembly to program tend to have better programming skills compared to those who only can program in Visual Basic, would you? Veritasium also mentioned this recently: link to this video The more interesting question to ask to me is (1) whether it is the abacus that makes children learn better, or it is just that children who choose to use the abacus learn better (2) whether teaching abacus use at the beginning has the same effect as teaching abacus use later on after the students already know how to use the calculator. If…

> the threshold for the use of lethal force That isn't the problem (at least primarily). Claiming that there is a serious hostage situation with the possibility of serious violence (perhaps even a potential murder) seriously escalates the risk and hostility of the situation. I didn't say potential hostility; the claim itself directly increases the perceived threat level of the situation, even if it isn't credible. A team of people responding en masse with weapons1 at the ready further escalates the tension of the situation and the hostility of the room, even if their weapons are never used. The end result is a very tense situation with everyone - on all sides - ready to jump at anything th…

…of energy running away from shrubbery is a better survival strategy than waiting for an accurate analysis from System 2 while the bear eats you. The question isn't if the brand will be negatively affected - it will . What we don't know is how this is the size of the effect, which probably varies wildly due to many different factors. 1 link 2 link to this video…