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Perhaps neither Bloom nor Coyne fully grasp the title, or key message, of Kahneman's book: “Thinking, Fast and Slow.” Emotions and intuitions are fast thinking. This rapid data processing can be rational (or not, depending on training). And irrationality often isn’t caused by emotion. Plato explained this by comparing the mind to a two horse chariot. Reason is the charioteer. The horses are emotions, one good, one bad. The good horse naturally pulls toward rational goals. The unruly bad horse must be batted. Without the emotions reason gets nowhere. - bigthink.com