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133. Patterns are fast, rules are slow

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Is Two Plus Three a Five?

If you're adding 23 and 62, then one of the processes is you have to remember the numbers you're starting off with. If you realize that two plus three is five, it makes it much easier for you in terms of working memory. You are using that pattern within this larger scheme of rules,. It reduces the amount of working memory load so you can actually perform more. With this kind of rule system, with this type or system two kind of thinking, that slow, deliberate processing which requires working memory is something where there are bits of it.

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