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#608 - Paul Bloom - How Does The Human Mind Work?

Modern Wisdom

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The Importance of Intuition in Decision Making

I wonder whether I'm seeing a trend at the moment of people being too deliberate with their decision making. For example, if you're really good tennis player, just return to backhand. Don't sit down and think about it and make a diagram. Let the gut system do it. And some things are probably like that. One is for certain things, you don't want to deliberate, you want to go if you've gotten everything. Another case is, I think our intelligence when employed properly could bring us to places that our gut never can. It really is how to handle good choice.

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