Dual Process Cognition and Our Social Standing
cognitive sciences of religion and decisions
A short post on the science of thinking critically and the consequences of conflict in our two forms of consciousness.
When our alarm bells go off, there are often two kinds of consciousness at work.
Conscious cognition and
Subconscious cognition (unknown to us)
And these both can come into conflict
With intuitive cognition (subconscious cognition) we make excuses and objections in light of facts that feel uncomfortable.
All “identity politics”, so called, exist a-priori to interactions with reality.
When in conflict (cognitive dissonance),
we will leverage our reflective cognition in defense of our intuitive cognition. This is rationalization.
EXAMPLE of intuitive cognition that we can’t control:
Our bias makes these two shapes seem to have different colors.
The shadows trick us into thinking that based on how we perceive reality.
Both shapes are the same color gray. (Makelan explains this is the video)
Dan Makelan explaining why some people have stopped feeling safe and others try to justify the unjustifiable.
