Eneasz comments on The Zeroth Skillset - Less Wrong

48 Post author: katydee 30 January 2013 12:46PM

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Comment author: Eneasz 30 January 2013 08:41:07PM 1 point [-]

On a tangent, the terms "System I" and "System II" do not signal anything in their naming. Something a bit more descriptive would be nice. Like "Twitch System" and "Chess System", or really just about anything that invokes some imagery.

Comment author: syllogism 30 January 2013 09:33:58PM 3 points [-]

I could be wrong but I think that was regarded as a feature not a bug when they were named. The authors didn't want them to become little homunculi with personalities that gradually built through folk lore. I think given the way the popular scientific press operates I think this was actually very prescient. Just think how the idea of your "reptile brain" has entered the popular consciousness...