Basically “System 1” is intuitive gut responses, while “System 2” is anything that takes conscious effort to think through.
For a lot of people, 550/2=225 might look right at first glance (System 1) and only with conscious thought at what that division actually evaluates out to would they realize that 500/2 on it’s own is 250 and therefore the answer is actually 275 (System 2)
What systems are you talking about?
It comes from here: Thinking, Fast and Slow
TIL the book is pretty recent-ish. I thought I read it ages ago.
Basically “System 1” is intuitive gut responses, while “System 2” is anything that takes conscious effort to think through.
For a lot of people, 550/2=225 might look right at first glance (System 1) and only with conscious thought at what that division actually evaluates out to would they realize that 500/2 on it’s own is 250 and therefore the answer is actually 275 (System 2)