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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Is that why I'm still thinking about taking a job opportunity back home in Kalispell (deadline is tomorrow) even though I know very well that it is not the right time?  |
Probably, although it could also be that your current situation is the long-term loser and you are willing to suffer in the short-term to fix it. That's a question you'd have to answer yourself.
I can't remember where I read about it, but I know there have been experiments where people who have had a callosotomy (their left and right brains have been physically separated by having the corpus callosum severed) are flashed cue cards that say things like "Leave the Room" or "Get a Coke" where only the right side (non-verbal) could see them, yet when asked questions like "Why did you leave the room?" or "Why did you grab a coke out of the fridge" they justify their actions with post-facto rationalizations out of the left brain, and when further tested,
truly believe the stories the left brain has made up to create a consistent narrative of consciousness and motivation.
That shows - to me anyway - how embedded the need to rationalize our thoughts and decisions runs, and how you can never be completely sure that what you are thinking and deciding is truly rational, or merely wish-fulfillment driven by your dark underminds.