Comments on: Trust Your Gut http://www.personism.com/2007/08/28/trust-your-gut/ You just go on your nerve. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:23:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Richard Friedman http://www.personism.com/2007/08/28/trust-your-gut/#comment-20774 Richard Friedman Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:00:11 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/08/28/trust-your-gut/#comment-20774 It's a ridiculous question, and I tripped over it when I read it this morning in the Times. Almost spilled my coffee. Hamlet is a play, not process notes. The question sounds like it should appear on an SAT or English Lit Advanced Placement exam. Gigerenzer's answer is perfect. BUT, I bet you could come up with counter examples where following your gut resulted in deeply tragic situations where, perhaps, cool and measured analysis would have had a better outcome. It’s a ridiculous question, and I tripped over it when I read it this morning in the Times. Almost spilled my coffee.

Hamlet is a play, not process notes.

The question sounds like it should appear on an SAT or English Lit Advanced Placement exam.

Gigerenzer’s answer is perfect.

BUT, I bet you could come up with counter examples where following your gut resulted in deeply tragic situations where, perhaps, cool and measured analysis would have had a better outcome.

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