My theory: this is a textbook case of System 1 vs System 2 thinking, involving a problem space that forces System 1 (intuition, hallucination) due to the excess

My theory: this is a textbook case of System 1 vs System 2 thinking, involving a problem space that forces System 1 (intuition, hallucination) due to the excessive number of variables in play. The problem space in this case is metaphysical causality. A second layer of it is that it involves the unknown, which also forces System 1 processing. So it's like a double whammy in this case (at least...there are surely many others in play). War is particularly scary because people's minds have been filled with skilfully written but untrue stories, and this is what System 1 uses to generate "the reality" of the situation and what should be done about it (what they have been told in stories should be done about it). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_explosion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_explosion If you think about it, it's kind of funny how much understanding humans have of themselves, but for the most part all they ever do with this knowledge is talk about it. We seem to be fundamentally motivated by short-term pleasure, with some exceptions like the possibility of financial reward (thinking about which likely invokes pleasure?). War is interesting. Like COVID, it involves preventable death. Unlike COVID though, people don't consider these deaths to be something we must(!) do something about. I wonder what the (actual) cause(s) of this inconsistency is. I also wonder why people don't find paradoxes like this to be interesting.