SAHYO (SHORT-STORIES)

In The Summer (3)

Chapter 3

Sana's Point of view

Hey, what are you reading? Jihyo asked me, just like yesterday I am again here inside her comfy house disturbing her now and then

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman I answered her and close the book

What is it all about? I'm curious she said, I smiled at her

Thinking Fast And Slow shows you how two systems in your brain are constantly fighting over control of your behavior and actions and teach you the many ways in which this leads to errors in memory, judgment, and decisions, and what you can do about it. I answered her she looked impressed, I grinned

So you are some kind of smart student huh? She teased me

Not really, just an ordinary student I said to her shrugging my shoulder

Yesterday you keep on saying sweet words, now you are being humble I am wondering what will you be tomorrow she put her hand on her chin pretending that she is thinking

This woman is mine... I will make her mine, I will make her fall in love with me, I will make her feel interested like what I am feeling to her right now

Hmm, maybe I am your tomorrow? I winked at her she blushed

One point

Silly, tell me about the book you are reading she changed the topic

This book deals with the two systems in our brain, whose fighting over who’s in charge makes us prone to errors and false decisions.

It shows you where you can and can’t trust your gut feeling and how to act more mindfully and make better decisions.

Here are 3 good lessons to know what’s going on up there:

1. Your behavior is determined by 2 systems in your mind one conscious and the other automatic.

2. Your brain is lazy and thus keeps you from using the full power of your intelligence.

I explained to her she looks interested in what I am saying,

System 1 is automatic and impulsive.

It’s the system you use when someone vague enters the train and you instinctively turn towards the door that makes you eat the entire bag of chips in front of the TV when you just wanted to have a small bowl?

System 1 is excess from our past, and it’s crucial to our survival. Not having to think before jumping away from a car when it honks at you is quite useful, don’t you think?

System 2 is very conscious, aware, and considerate.

It helps you exert self-control and deliberately focus your attention. This system is at work when you’re meeting a friend and trying to spot them in a huge crowd of people, as it helps you recall how they look and filter out all these other people.

However, these 2 systems don’t just perfectly alternate or work together. They often fight over who’s in charge and this conflict determines how you act and behave.

Number two: Your brain is lazy and causes you to make intellectual errors.

Here’s an easy trick to show you how this conflict of 2 systems affects you, 

When system 1 faces a tough problem it can’t solve, it’ll call system 2 into action to work out the details.

But sometimes your brain perceives problems as simpler as they are. System 1 thinks it can handle it, even though it actually can’t, and you end up making a mistake.

So when it seems system 1 can handle things, it won’t activate system 2. In this case, though, it leads you to not use all of your IQ points, even though you’d need to, so our brain limits our intelligence by being lazy.

That is the book all about, I haven't read the number 3 tho

I said to her she nods at me

It's fascinating, I mean dealing with human behavior and decisions she said to me

Yeah, that's why I found my course interesting Sana agreed I don't know why I like listening to people, or studying how they behave Sana said

Maybe you like the thrills? Jihyo answered her

Maybe? How about you? Do you still study? How old are you? I asked her

Yeah, I graduated years ago, I finished bs Literature she said to me my eyes widen

And I am 28 years old, quite old don't you think? She bites her lower lip

Age doesn't matter

No, you are still young, I am 24,  I didn't expect you are a graduate student you looked younger than me I told her she chuckled

Here we go again being a dork she pushed me away and stands up

I am not! I told you you are beautiful I said to her,

Insisting. She doesn't have confidence she is so perfect for me

Yeah, I am getting used to your compliment Sana. Are you hungry? She asked me

Then right in time, my tummy growled

I guess yes she laughed at me

Aysh! Mean Jisoo. Mind if I use your kitchen? I will cook for us but let me get the ingredients for my house first I said to her and run to my house

I almost trip because of being clumsy again, but that's fine I am excited to cook with my future wife

Wait for it Jisoo before I come back to Manila  I will make sure that you are my girl that time I giggled with my thought and get the ingredients

I run to her house and saw her waiting for me holding a pink apron

Pink? I pointed

What? It's cute tho she answered

But you look cuter I winked at her she slightly punch my arm and put the apron to me

Will you be like this when we live in the same house?

You are smiling like an idiot, what are you thinking? She asked

Nothing Ms. Jisoo I answers

Shall we start? Jihyo suggested

I nodded