A few years ago, Joe Marks, then Disney’s vice president of research, visited Tokyo Disneyland and was puzzled by a particular behavior he observed there. Park visitors were standing in line, often for many hours at a time, outside a shop in the park’s Frontierland. Marks found out that they were waiting to buy an inexpensive (less than $10) leather bracelet on which they could have a name painted or embossed.
You can read the Nir and Far blog post on What You Don't Know About Human Intuition Can Hurt You https://www.nirandfar.com/2013/03/what-you-dont-know-about-intuition-can-hurt-you.html
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