On a tangent, the terms “System I” and “System II” do not signal anything in their naming. Something a bit more descriptive would be nice. Like “Twitch System” and “Chess System”, or really just about anything that invokes some imagery.
I could be wrong but I think that was regarded as a feature not a bug when they were named. The authors didn’t want them to become little homunculi with personalities that gradually built through folk lore. I think given the way the popular scientific press operates I think this was actually very prescient. Just think how the idea of your “reptile brain” has entered the popular consciousness...
On a tangent, the terms “System I” and “System II” do not signal anything in their naming. Something a bit more descriptive would be nice. Like “Twitch System” and “Chess System”, or really just about anything that invokes some imagery.
I could be wrong but I think that was regarded as a feature not a bug when they were named. The authors didn’t want them to become little homunculi with personalities that gradually built through folk lore. I think given the way the popular scientific press operates I think this was actually very prescient. Just think how the idea of your “reptile brain” has entered the popular consciousness...