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Rafa Jiménez's avatar

Re: System 3, it has been argued that humans’ fundamental trick is to think not just with their own brain, but with the world. Also, by their definition, every time that we surrender to another person’s opinion without thinking about it would count as System 3. So maybe it doesn’t even exist (because it’s not thinking, and it’s not new to Kahneman’s model.)

Neil Perkin's avatar

That's an interesting point Rafa about thinking with the world. I guess by that you mean social learning? I'm certainly of the belief that humans are great at copying or following other humans. What's interesting about the research is that they say that artificial cognition can introduce novel cognitive pathways by supplanting or supplementing internal processes, so it can change how we think - whether that means it's a third system is another question

Rafa Jiménez's avatar

I was referring to the concept of the extended mind, see The Extended Mind Thesis - Philosophy - Oxford Bibliographieshttps://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195396577/obo-9780195396577-0099.xml

Neil Perkin's avatar

Ah, yes, interesting - thanks for clarifying