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The Perceptual System Doesn't Deliver an Alternative
The key here is not tricking. It's not being aware that an alternative might exist. That is the case in the perceptual system and it turns out to be the case in intuitive thinking as well. We know of examples where this kind of augmentation clearly works, such as pilots who can be trained to fly by instruments. Is it possible to imagine augmenting people's cognition by the equivalent of flying by instruments? I don't have an answer. My inclination is to be pessimistic. But in this case, I think I'm wrong. There will be ways in which we can improve thinking, by augmenting it, possibly by suggesting alternatives. So you could imagine, in some situations,