Why do so many people trust their "intuition", when at least half the time it's just wrong?
It just isn't a reliable method to arrive at the truth, so why? Why do people trust their "gut instincts"? 🧐
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PowerofStories · 61-69, M
Gut instincts may operate at a subconscious level, but often reflect the aggregate impact of a life's experience of reading body language, facial cues and more. So they are often far more than a feeling.
But a mere feeling of familiarity in certain scenarios lead people astray. This is well documented in the phenomenon "Lure of the familiar", i.e. someone keeps finding themself attracted to the same sort of person because they are familiar to someone in their past. Not because there is objectively a good match.
But a mere feeling of familiarity in certain scenarios lead people astray. This is well documented in the phenomenon "Lure of the familiar", i.e. someone keeps finding themself attracted to the same sort of person because they are familiar to someone in their past. Not because there is objectively a good match.
nudistsueaz · 61-69, F
@PowerofStories we are all here because our ancestors followed their instincts. When the grass moved in a strange way or there was odd sound, they moved away. They weren't attacked, they moved to a safe distance. Until they could determine if there was a danger. Many didn't and that was their demise.