Why Don't You Sleep On It?

thefirelane wrote to mention a New Scientist study that indicates your subconscious mind is a better decision maker than you are. From the article: "The research suggests the conscious mind should be trusted only with simple decisions, such as selecting a brand of oven glove. Sleeping on a big decision, such as buying a car or house, is more likely to produce a result people remain happy with than consciously weighing up the pros and cons of the problem, the researchers say. Thinking hard about a complex decision that rests on multiple factors appears to bamboozle the conscious mind so that people only consider a subset of information, which they weight inappropriately, resulting in an unsatisfactory choice. In contrast, the unconscious mind appears able to ponder over all the information and produce a decision that most people remain satisfied with."

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Re:Shower Smarts, Too!

[dusik]

Oh, btw, the answer to the rose problem is posted anyway. In the javascript itself:

Result = 0 ;
for (var x = 1; x=5; x++) {
        if (DieArray[x]==3) {
                Result = Result + 2 ;
        }
        else {
                if (DieArray[x]==5) {
                        Result = Result + 4 ;
                }
        }
}