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‘They know they should do one thing but they feel they should do something else. And they can’t reconcile the two things. Generally you should go with what you feel that you should do. Because your emotional system is a great deal smarter than you give it credit for. You have to figure out how to make your emotional system make decision so you can
... See moreWe’re talking about what psychologists today would describe as the “adaptive unconscious.” Timothy Wilson, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, has described this in his important book Strangers to Ourselves (a very Augustinian title!). Over the past twenty years psychology has come to appreciate the overwhelming influence of “nonconscious
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
In psychology there are at least two biases that drive this pattern. One is confirmation bias:23 seeing what we expect to see. The other is desirability bias:24 seeing what we want to see. These biases don’t just prevent us from applying our intelligence. They can actually contort our intelligence into a weapon against the truth.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
When the alarm bell of the emotional brain keeps signaling that you are in danger, no amount of insight will silence it.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Fritz Heider and Marianne Simmel