Thinking fast, thinking slow. A reflexion

Abstract

Kahneman thinks that human beings have two decision’s paths: a fast system, S1, and a slow system, S2. The former is responsible for automated processes, the second monitors and analyses the reality to find new opportunities. While one of the roles assigned to S2 is to be self-critical, with automatic judgments that we produce constantly about the world, (something like a security policy), this role collapses when it deals with our attitudes and emotions. In this case, S2 is always bright justifying our emotional responses: we tend to think that emotions are OK for the simple reason we are feeling this emotion. Our emotional system has emerged in the Darwinian evolutionary process, and as such, it is not ready for a realistic and scientific worldview, only for survival.