Your brain treats effortful thinking like an expensive operation that needs justification. The Law of Least Effort guarantees you’ll rely on fast, error-prone intuitions when careful analysis would serve you better.
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The Two Systems: Fast, Effortless Thinking vs. Slow, Hard Work (Essay #1)
Your brain has two systems: one that’s fast and wrong, another that’s slow and lazy. Guess which one runs your political opinions? We’re all operating on autopilot while wondering why everyone else is so stupid.
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