Sure, system 2 can make mistakes. Though it is not uncontroversial to classify all the instances you point to as mistakes—I’m thinking pro-abortion people, and Peter Singer.
But in any case, the question is whether it is in general more prone to them than system 1, a questions which requires data rather than anecdotes. However, I’m willing to bet the angels of our better nature show through more when we’re thinking than when we’re not.
Sure, system 2 can make mistakes. Though it is not uncontroversial to classify all the instances you point to as mistakes—I’m thinking pro-abortion people, and Peter Singer.
But in any case, the question is whether it is in general more prone to them than system 1, a questions which requires data rather than anecdotes. However, I’m willing to bet the angels of our better nature show through more when we’re thinking than when we’re not.