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Hardware: Closer to autonomous functions. Require no thought, you just do it. Example: Saying "Thank you" reflexively when someone does something kind. Softwar
by lfowles 11y ago
Hardware: Closer to autonomous functions. Require no thought, you just do it. Example: Saying "Thank you" reflexively when someone does something kind.
Software: Have to mentally process the situation. Did this person do something kind? Is there a response I should give? Oh! "Thank you!"
- triangleman 11y agoStill a false dichotomy. Everything we do runs the gamut from autonomous to executive. For instance, a relatively illiterate person will have to focus purposefully in order to read a street sign, whereas your average literate person will look at a street sign while holding 7 other things in his mind at the same time.
- lfowles 11y agoSounds like a good dichotomy to me. You are agreeing that autonomous <-> executive are two extremes of a spectrum, no?
- manifestsilence 11y agoInteresting. This reminds me of the System 1 vs. System 2 thinking described in Thinking, Fast and Slow: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/thinking-fast-and-slow-by-daniel-kahneman-book-review.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/thinking-fast...