Rationalizing one course of action as having no major downsides doesn't just make a decision easier; in humans, it's what a decision *is*.
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Rationalists struggle with akrasia because not rationalizing away downsides means abandoning the human brain's decision-making mechanism.
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They might think they've decided. They might even, technically, undertake the course of action they "decided" on. But they haven't decided.
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