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Map Project Office & Universal Design Studio (UDS) / IBM / IBM Q – System Two / Quantum Computing System / 2023

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cognitive reflection

Some of the basic attributes required to handle numbers are virtues such as patience and curiosity. For example, consider the trait psychologists call “cognitive reflection”. A classic test of this ability is the question: “If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?”

Almost certainly, an answer popped into your head: 100 minutes. But then you probably paused for a moment and worked out the correct answer. That moment of reflection is often missing when we deal with politically fraught claims in the media, or in our Facebook feeds. If the claim slots into our preconceptions about the world, we accept it and perhaps repeat it. If it challenges us, we reject it instinctively.

We need to train ourselves to stop and think. That isn’t easy, because neither the dark art of political rhetoric nor the context-stripping of social media is conducive to a reflective state of mind.

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UXD Principles and Concepts Week 4

     This week, the thing that stuck with me most was that our brain is made up of three parts, each with their own function. The first, the old brain, is made up mainly of the brain stem where the spinal cord enters the base of the brain. The old brain classifies everything that it classifies into three categories: edible, dangerous, or sexy. It also regulates our body’s automatic functions, such as breathing, digestion, and reflexive movements. The second part of the brain is the midbrain. It is called this for two reasons: first, physically because it is between the old brain and beneath the cortex. Second, it is evolutionarily because it developed after the old brain, but before the new brain. The midbrain is in charge of controlling emotions. It reacts to things and results in joy, sadness, fear, aggressiveness, apprehensiveness, anger, etc. The final section of the brain is the new brain. This part of the brain is made up of the cerebral cortex. It controls intentional, purposeful, and conscious activity.

     Our brain’s activities are divided into two systems, system one and system two. Activities taking place in system one are unconscious and automatic operating largely in the old brain and midbrain. System one is called this because it evolved first and is the controller of our perceptions and behavior. Our new brain is responsible for most of our conscious and monitored mind, making it our system two. It is called this because it developed later in evolution and usually takes a backseat to controlling human perception and behavior.

[sergioperez]