[b]Daniel Kahneman
I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws. If you come upon an observation that does not seem to fit the model, you assume that there must be a perfectly good explanation that you are somehow missing.[/b]
And not just peacegirl.
The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.
You wouldn’t think so, would you?
Those who avoid the sin of intellectual sloth could be called “engaged.” They are more alert, more intellectually active, less willing to be satisfied with superficially attractive answers, more skeptical about their intuitions.
And, no, not just me.
…it is much easier to strive for perfection when you are never bored.
We’ll need examples of course.
You can do several things at once, but only if they are easy and undemanding.
In fact right now I am typing these words, chewing gum and listening to music.
To be useful, your beliefs should be constrained by the logic of probability.
Well, sure, lots of things should be.