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ChristianKl comments on Stock phrases - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 14 April 2014 12:22:25PM 0 points [-]

In the Berlin Community weekend I noticed one instance of bad phrasing. System I and System II are bad names for cognitive processes. The numbering is arbitrary and there a good chance that we could find a way to label the systems that more accessible.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 14 April 2014 12:44:03PM 0 points [-]

It's not quite arbitrary. 1 < 2, and system 1 is more fundamental than system 2. Animals have a system 1 but no system 2.

Still, agree that the names are bad. You shouldn't need to think about the rule to tell them apart.

Comment author: shminux 14 April 2014 07:11:49PM *  0 points [-]

They roughly correspond to subconscious and conscious, not sure why Kahneman felt he needed separate connotation-free names.