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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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- Chapter 3: The Lazy Controller
- Chapter 7: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions
- Chapter 8: How Judgements Happen
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