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Behavioral psychologists oughta do more research on what the brain is unreasonably *good* at instead of just digging up gotcha biases. Examples: 1. It is a great null-detector (can tell when 2 things are alike) 2. It is excellent at subconscious go/no-go action greenlighting
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3. It is really good at finding the lowest-energy response to a situation (sounds like a joke, but it is a highly adaptive trait. Energy reserves are more valuable than almost any specific action you can take with them) 4. It is very good at anomaly sensing ('something is off')
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Was thinking precisely about #3 whilst at the gym this morning; knowing that I have more reps to do the brain defaults to “conserving” energy (doing the least it can do to complete a task sufficiently) unless I consciously override. Conservation is the default.