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...the characters are useful because of some quirks of our minds, yours and mine. A sentence is understood more easily if it describes what an agent (System 2) does than if it describes what something is, what properties it has. In other words, ‘System 2’ is a better subject for a sentence than ‘mental arithmetic’. The mind – especially System 1 – appears to have a special aptitude for the construction and interpretation of stories about active agents, who have personalities, habits, and abiliti
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― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
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He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind's eye. It was one of the secrets of his military success.
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― The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
― The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
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