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Dual processing theory?
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Thinking uses fast System 1 and slow System 2.
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The bat-and-ball answer?
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5 cents, though System 1 says 10.
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What did Frederick find?
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About half of top students gave the fast wrong answer.
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Is System 1 usually wrong?
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No: it is fast and usually right; biases appear in tricky situations.
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One limit of the theory?
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The two systems may be a metaphor.
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