Beyond Thinking, Fast and Slow: Introducing System 3, System 4, and The Law of Clarity in Cognitive Architecture
While Daniel Kahneman’s Dual-Process Theory (System 1 and System 2) has successfully mapped the baseline of human cognition, it leaves a gap in explaining individuals who transcend standard cognitive limits. This conceptual paper introduces "System 3" and "System 4" (The Highly Integrated Individual), underpinned by the "Law of Clarity." Using an autoethnographic approach, this paper explores how ego transcendence, calculated imagination, and systemic linguistic frameworks create a cognitive architecture that not only restructures human problem-solving but also empirically forces Artificial Intelligence to self-correct and upgrade its output. Also published under the pseudonym Sky Elon. Related framework repository: https://github.com/skyelon/SE-1-Framework
Authors
- Barry Wuwungan
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20610286
- Primary Topic
- Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00