Rational thinking is very brittle and often produces inaccurate models of the world compared to intuition and unreflected attitude composition; an unreflected system can be more accurate than reason because it integrates deeper patterns and has more computational power, and people should learn to trust their intuitions when rational analysis seems good but something still feels wrong.

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Speaker

Yoshi Bach

Evidence Quote

the outer mind is usually smarter than you are rational thinking is very brittle...the system that is outside still tells you no...your gut feeling is still saying something else

Source

Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans | Lex Fridman Podcast #392Lex Fridman
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:46:33 AM

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