Science of Survival: The Everest Effect
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The Balance Between Emotional Input and Logic
Arvi says the crux of the matter is that our minds don't always see choices as choices. A climber who passes another person in distress might be making some kind of a logical calculation about their behavior but most of the time this isn't really some belabored decision at all. For mountain climbers, that often means following through on that desire to get to the top. But that emotional drive can be overwhelmed by strong data. And maybe that's what happened to Miles and his team. Yes, they were under stress, and their mental teeter-totter was weighted towards making an emotional decision. But there was enough data there to tip the scales. Maybe Lincoln Hall didn
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