Of two minds: how our behavior is determined by two different systems – one automatic and the other considered.

SYSTEM 1 THINKING  legacy of our evolutionary past: there are inherent survival advantages in being able to make such rapid actions and judgments.

Usually, when faced with a situation it can’t comprehend, System 1 calls on System 2 to work out the problem, but in the bat-and-ball problem, System 1 is tricked. It perceives the problem as simpler than it is, and incorrectly assumes it can handle it on its own.

DUE TO LAZINESS SYSTEM 2 WAS NOT ASKED TO ACTIVATE

Autopilot: why we are not always in conscious control of our thoughts and actions.