Studies Show the Value of Not Overthinking

WSJdpatton writes "Fishing in the stream of consciousness, researchers now can detect our intentions and predict our choices before we are aware of them ourselves. The brain, they have found, appears to make up its mind 10 seconds before we become conscious of a decision — an eternity at the speed of thought. Their findings challenge conventional notions of choice, writes WSJ's Robert Lee Hotz."

Comments

Re:I believe it.

[Anonymous Coward]

was that supposed to be funny or are you just stupid?

Re:10 seconds.

[Anonymous Coward]

As a physicist admitting his own prejudice and bias, I will say that I have a very strong suspicion that most physicists are far better qualified in metaphysics and psychology than most metaphysicists and psychologists, simply by virtue of having the ability to use that lump of grey matter... Yay science wars!

Re:All women do this

[inviolet]

Yeah, but according to the study, this probably means that she decided it long before she told you.... This is why dating sucks. The guy is always the last one to know that the girl he likes is just screwing with his head, has no interest in him whatsoever, and is just using him to piss off her parents, get free home repairs, make her ex jealous, etc.

You can make peace with the dating game once you seriously grok it from the woman's point of view.

Sperm is cheap, but womb space is expensive. Therefore, every woman must fight an information war against dozens of suitors, who have devoted a lifetime to masking their intentions.

Woman therefore resort to jamming: they must give off so many conflicting signals about their needs and desires, about what they admire in a man, that nobody can deceive them because nobody is exactly sure what the right answer is. After a time of keeping him confused, his confused reactions reveal the underlying pattern of *his* personality, which is the vital information that she needs to make the decision.