The first time I saw the bat and ball question, it was like there were two parts of my S1. The first one said “the answer is 0.1” and the second one said “this is a math problem, I’m invoking s2″. S2 sees the math problem and searches for a formula, at which point she comes up with the algebraic solution. Then s2 pops open a notepad and executes it even though 0.1 seems plausible.
No real thought went into any step of this. I suspect the split reaction in the first bit was due to my extensive practice at doing math problems. After enough failures, I learned to stop using intuition to do math and “invoke s2” became an automatic response.
The first time I saw the bat and ball question, it was like there were two parts of my S1. The first one said “the answer is 0.1” and the second one said “this is a math problem, I’m invoking s2″. S2 sees the math problem and searches for a formula, at which point she comes up with the algebraic solution. Then s2 pops open a notepad and executes it even though 0.1 seems plausible.
No real thought went into any step of this. I suspect the split reaction in the first bit was due to my extensive practice at doing math problems. After enough failures, I learned to stop using intuition to do math and “invoke s2” became an automatic response.