PP201 Lecture Notes - Stuart Sutherland, Rugby League Positions, French Riviera
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Before discussing the main topic for today, i want to introduce you to a key idea that will relate to much of the material throughout this course. I shall call it the two systems idea. This idea is presented by daniel kahneman in his book thinking, fast and slow. There he explains how we have two ways of cognising: For example if you are shown an angry face you immediately recognise it as such and anticipate the person saying something abusive or acting aggressively. Other tasks system 1 performs include: detecting when one object is more distant than another, completing the phrase bread and . , and so on. For example system 2 kicks in when you are confronted with the task of calculating 17x24. Other tasks involving system 2 include: telling someone your phone number, filling out a tax form, checking the validity of a complex logical argument. It is important to note that these systems work in tandem.
