Certainty in Decision Making

When making decisions, we inherently believe that our choice is the right one because we would act differently otherwise. We tend to overestimate the thoroughness and rationality of our decision-making process, leading us to believe that our conclusions are accurate. This strong conviction in our decisions limits our willingness to question or change them, as we perceive them as absolute truths. Emotions play a valuable role in signaling potential issues like a car dashboard, but they should not be blindly trusted as completely true.

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