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Don't Override Your Smarter Outer Mind

You shouldn't morph your reality for pleasure because the outer mind (intuition) outside your personal self is usually a smarter agent than your rational thinking; rational symbolic thinking is brittle and the underlying system can correctly flag that something is off about a decision that looks perfect on reflection.

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Speaker

Joscha Bach

Evidence Quote

the outer mind is usually smarter than you are. Rational thinking is very brittle... There is often an underlying system that is looking at your rational thoughts, and then tells you, no, you’re still missing something. Your gut feeling is still saying something else.

Source

Joscha BachLex Fridman Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:31:54 AM

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