Time pressure makes everyone rely on intuition and mistake fluency for truth

Evidence

Most ‘intuitive’ thinkers respond with 0.10, as that seems like the obvious answer. But it is also the wrong answer. The correct answer is that the ball costs 0.05. If the bat costs 1 more than the ball, then the bat must cost 1.05, which jointly, makes for $1.10. Although studies show that intuitive thinkers are more likely to fall for fake news, your cognitive style isn’t set in stone and going with your gut can be useful in other settings. What’s more important is that under conditions of limited time and attention we’re all more likely to rely on our intuition and mistake fluency for truth. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 76

Categorization

• XREF: The bat-and-ball cognitive reflection test connects to Daniel Kahneman’s System 1/System 2 work on fast and slow thinking. — connects to: Everyone is cognitively susceptible to misinformation, not just outliers — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 6; Implicit bias surfaces strongest under time pressure but is consciously overridden with adequate time; Even scientists fall back into purpose-driven thinking under time pressure — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 73 (+2 more)
• APHORISMS: The closing lines carry practical advice: cognitive style is flexible and gut responses degrade under haste.

Broader Connections

• Even scientists fall back into purpose-driven thinking under time pressure #exemplifies (0.88) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 73
• Implicit bias surfaces strongest under time pressure but is consciously overridden with adequate time #expands (0.85)
• Stress drives the brain toward cognitively cheaper confirmation bias #expands (0.82) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 117
• Salience heuristics, not logical weight, routinely drive human judgment. #expands (0.78) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1498