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Chapter 9: Answering an Easier Question

P. 97) System 1 substitutes complex questions for simpler ones: You rarely feel stumped. Even if you don’t really understand something, you make conclusions based on a small amount of evidence that you don’t understand. You like some people and dislike others. You feel a stock will succeed.

P. 97) System 1 substitutes complex questions for simpler ones: You rarely feel stumped. Even if you don’t really understand something, you make conclusions based on a small amount of evidence that you don’t understand. You like some people and dislike others. You feel a stock will succeed. You distrust a stranger. All of this is seamless to you. The experience of life feels a lot more straightforward than it really is.

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Related posts:

  1. Chapter 3: The Lazy Controller
  2. Chapter 7: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions
  3. Chapter 8: How Judgements Happen
  4. Antifragile Summary (9/10)