When I have disagreements with myself or when I’m trying to seize agency for myself, it’s as though this intuition bumps into that one while they both rest on the surface of this one, which is actually a mix of two earlier intuitions that aren’t quite settled together yet, and they are surrounded by more fluid less well defined intuitions which determine the specifics of their collusion and their movement post-interaction, that sort of thing. It’s a very bottom up process, not hierarchical or commanded at all, so it isn’t adequately described by appealing to System 2.
This is one reason why there have been discussions about the need to re-evaluate dual process theory and have a more complex understanding of rationality and intelligence. I think the concept of “domains of agency” provides one way of enriching the current conversation, but there are many others as well, such as what you describe about the disagreement with oneself. That might be a good topic to post about in the Less Wrong Discussion thread.
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When I have disagreements with myself or when I’m trying to seize agency for myself, it’s as though this intuition bumps into that one while they both rest on the surface of this one, which is actually a mix of two earlier intuitions that aren’t quite settled together yet, and they are surrounded by more fluid less well defined intuitions which determine the specifics of their collusion and their movement post-interaction, that sort of thing. It’s a very bottom up process, not hierarchical or commanded at all, so it isn’t adequately described by appealing to System 2.
This is one reason why there have been discussions about the need to re-evaluate dual process theory and have a more complex understanding of rationality and intelligence. I think the concept of “domains of agency” provides one way of enriching the current conversation, but there are many others as well, such as what you describe about the disagreement with oneself. That might be a good topic to post about in the Less Wrong Discussion thread.