A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions

In the absence of an explicit context, system one automatically supplied a context of its own. Recent events and the current context have the most weight in determining an interpretation. When uncertain, system one bets on an answer, and the bets are guided by experience. Uncertainty and doubt are the domain of system two, a bias to believe and confirm. If you see fig six on the p d f on the left, you see a, b c. In the centre, ann approached the bank on the right, 12 13 14. All are ambiguous. You could just as well have read them as a 13 c or 12 b 14. Why not? The same shape is read as a letter