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3 Post author: casebash 16 March 2014 07:14AM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 16 March 2014 08:49:02AM *  1 point [-]

Part of the sequence could be about finding our place in society. Links about that:

This gives a solid picture of the value of traditions and customs. In a way this is a social analog to the cognitive system 1. The analogy goeing as follows: System 2 - reason = well-defined formal structures; System 1 - intuition = vague or unjustified customs and traditions

Comment author: Slackson 16 March 2014 09:38:03PM 2 points [-]

System 1 is the intuitive one, system 2 is the formal reasoning.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 16 March 2014 09:42:43PM 0 points [-]

fixed.