If I understand correctly I think it’s more that system 1/peripheral route thinking can get someone to affectively endorse an idea without forming a deeper understanding of it, whereas system 2/central route thinking can produce deeper understanding, but many (most?) people need to feel sufficiently psychologically and socially safe/among friends to engage in that kind of thinking.
If I understand correctly I think it’s more that system 1/peripheral route thinking can get someone to affectively endorse an idea without forming a deeper understanding of it, whereas system 2/central route thinking can produce deeper understanding, but many (most?) people need to feel sufficiently psychologically and socially safe/among friends to engage in that kind of thinking.