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Humans are irrational creatures that have transitory states where they are capable of more ordered thought. It is our mistake to reach a conclusion that humans are rational actors while we marvel daily at the irrationality of others and remain blind to our own.
Self awareness is a rare, and valuable, state.
Precisely. We like to think of ourselves as rational but we're the opposite. Then we rationalize things afterwards. Even being keenly aware of this doesn't stop it in the slightest.
Probably because stopping to self analyze your decisions is a lot less effective than just running away from that lion over there.
It's a luxury state: analysis; whether self or professionally administered on a chaise lounge at $400 per hour.