I think this is a really interesting framing. I like to do something that seems related but slightly different. Where I see what you’re describing as something like “explicitly (system2) take something down one level (potentially into smaller pieces), and apply intuition (system 1) to each of the pieces”, I like to do “explicitly (system 2) consider the problem from a number of different angles / theories, and try applying intuition (system 1) to each angle, and see whether the results agree or how they differ.”
To give an example, because I think I’m being too abstract: If I am thinking of making an investment decision, I won’t just query my intuition “is this a good investment?” because it doesn’t necessarily have useful things to say about that. Instead I will query it “how does this seem to compare to an equity index fund”, and “what does an adequacy analysis say about whether there could plausibly be free money here”, and “how does this pattern-match against scams I’m familiar with”, and “what does the Outside View say happens to people who make this type of investment”, and “what does Murphyjitsu predict I will regret if I invest thusly?” This seems similar to your described approach, if not quite the same.
That looks like a more general approach to me, where going one level deeper could be one of the angles considered, and appealing to the outside view another.
I think this is a really interesting framing. I like to do something that seems related but slightly different. Where I see what you’re describing as something like “explicitly (system2) take something down one level (potentially into smaller pieces), and apply intuition (system 1) to each of the pieces”, I like to do “explicitly (system 2) consider the problem from a number of different angles / theories, and try applying intuition (system 1) to each angle, and see whether the results agree or how they differ.”
To give an example, because I think I’m being too abstract: If I am thinking of making an investment decision, I won’t just query my intuition “is this a good investment?” because it doesn’t necessarily have useful things to say about that. Instead I will query it “how does this seem to compare to an equity index fund”, and “what does an adequacy analysis say about whether there could plausibly be free money here”, and “how does this pattern-match against scams I’m familiar with”, and “what does the Outside View say happens to people who make this type of investment”, and “what does Murphyjitsu predict I will regret if I invest thusly?” This seems similar to your described approach, if not quite the same.
That looks like a more general approach to me, where going one level deeper could be one of the angles considered, and appealing to the outside view another.