Re:Ask HN: Slow thinkers, how do you compensate for your lac...
by nprateem on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @01:49PM
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> most of that sharpness comes from either having a few pre-known responses to ideas or anxiously revising situations in my head ahead of time
That's not that cause for me. I just grasp things quickly.
> Avoid using the word "slow", use "deliberate" instead.
That sounds inclusive but isn't what Kahneman meant. Slow thinking is when you leave it to your subconscious, so the only deliberate thing would be to give it time and put your conscious mind elsewhere. So in that way the two terms wouldn't be interchangeable in a 'Thinking fast and slow' sense.
That's not that cause for me. I just grasp things quickly.
> Avoid using the word "slow", use "deliberate" instead.
That sounds inclusive but isn't what Kahneman meant. Slow thinking is when you leave it to your subconscious, so the only deliberate thing would be to give it time and put your conscious mind elsewhere. So in that way the two terms wouldn't be interchangeable in a 'Thinking fast and slow' sense.