I've always considered "pattern recognition for the purpose of prediction" a core function of the human brain that precedes language, rationality or any form of logic. So it feels counter-intuitive to me to label this meta-rationality or even associate it with rationality. I subscribe somewhat to the idea that much of our rational decision making is ex post facto, i.e a verbal narration that comes after the decision making to explain the decision. The actual decision making being an opaque process that takes place inside our brain's neural network. Confession: I lost the author about halfway through the article.