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The Science of Thinking

Veritasium · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Psychology & human behaviorEducation & learning

What it is

A Veritasium explainer on how the brain works and how we learn. It is inspired by Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow and covers System 1 and System 2 thinking and why harder learning builds skill.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a short, clear summary of the fast and slow thinking idea.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “Veritasium did a great job summarizing the idea”

    Good summary of Thinking, Fast and Slow idea

    bshacklett, 2019-12 · Recommendation · in “I Was Wrong About Speed Reading (2015)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: veritasium, system 1 and 2, kahneman, learning, cognitive psychology

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