Basically there’s a rapid response cognitive process that you don’t even have to consciously decide to apply that’ll give you a quick answer to posed questions. Anything where the answer is something you’ve mostly memorised and don’t need to calculate or deduce, such as ‘what’s your name?’ or 2+2. That’s system 1.
System 2 is anything you have to consciously apply a thought process to find it. Brains are lazy and like to conserve energy, so you need to decide to do it.
Obviously, what falls into which system depends on your personal habits and experience. Someone who works with numbers a lot, such as a waiter or a bookkeeper, might have the post question fall into category 1, but the average person will have to decide to solve it consciously, even if it only takes a split second.
Basically there’s a rapid response cognitive process that you don’t even have to consciously decide to apply that’ll give you a quick answer to posed questions. Anything where the answer is something you’ve mostly memorised and don’t need to calculate or deduce, such as ‘what’s your name?’ or 2+2. That’s system 1.
System 2 is anything you have to consciously apply a thought process to find it. Brains are lazy and like to conserve energy, so you need to decide to do it.
Obviously, what falls into which system depends on your personal habits and experience. Someone who works with numbers a lot, such as a waiter or a bookkeeper, might have the post question fall into category 1, but the average person will have to decide to solve it consciously, even if it only takes a split second.
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