There was a big turn in, i would say, the nineties, to being more interested in how behaviors and thoughts become automatic. I think there's so much insight in this chapter. Few men can tell off hand which sock shoe or trouser leg they put on first. They must first mentally rehearse the act. And even that is often insufficient. The act must be performed. So of the questions, which valve of my double door opens first? Which way does my door swing, et cetera, i cannot tell the answer yet. My hand never makes a mistake. There's so many things that we do, and we do with utter consistency, that we couldn't if

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