Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/Shameless self-promotion/reply (2)

I read an article, oh way the hell back in undergrad, so 80's that suggested that the vast majority of our decisions and even our "logic" were things we all but intuited first, then verified or rationalized later. and that most of us are especially good at this in non lab settings, like deciding that we like a candidate, a tv show, or a particular restaurant. Or figuring out we know what is wrong with the car, and what isn't wrong with it, before we even hear from an expert.

And yet, even having those processes studied, most people will say they were rational, not emotive when it came to how they made their choices.