Thinking, Fast and Slow*Major New York Times Bestseller |
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... subject. Social scientists are no exception; they rely on a view of human nature that pro- vides the background of most discussions of specific behaviors but is rarely questioned. Social scientists in the 1970s broadly accepted two ...
... subject of the conversation, and quickly react to subtle signs that the driver of the car in the next lane is dangerous. Our everyday intuitive abilities are no less marvelous than the striking insights of an experienced firefighter or ...
... subjects, such as, “System 2 calcu- lates products.” The use of such language is considered a sin in the professional circles in which I travel, because it seems to explain the thoughts and actions of a person by the thoughts and ...
... subject for a sentence than " mental arithmetic . " The mind - especially System 1 - appears to have a special aptitude for the construction and interpretation of stories about ac- tive agents , who have personalities , habits , and ...
... subject's mind at any time. We recorded strings of digits on beats of the metronome and instructed the subject ... subjects to more digits than they could re- member, their pupils stopped dilating or actually shrank. We worked for ...