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I Am An Intuition Machine

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I Am An Intuition Machine

Why you should doubt what you and others say about the causes of their behaviors

Maarten van Doorn
Jul 23, 2021
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When people ask me what I think about something, I think, and then get a feeling about the topic at hand which apparently represents what I think. Then, in a second cognitive search, I start looking looking for the reasons accounting for this intuition.

For example, when my girlfriend inquires whether I enjoyed my day at work, I do some introspection, wh…

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