Should You Always Trust....

[agchristie]

Your first instincts? What examples,given two choices,can you give when you got something right or wrong?!

[agchristie]

I get a sense of your anger TWR

[Peaspeculiars]

..peeps out of the broom cupboard.. yep, safe I think..

Ok, so lets take the thunder storm as an example. Loud bangs in the sky = natural first instinct is to hide = adrenaline kicking in = 'flight or fight' instinct.
Learned instinct is that I don't need to hide or fight, so no 'flight or fight' required, but then a third instinct kicks in: 'Logic'.
Learned instinct is that I know I don't have to do anything but stay indoors and turn the broadband off in case the house gets hit, but Logically I know that the chances of getting hit are so slim that I could in fact go outdoors in the storm and not get hit by lightning. (i actually stayed inside and tried to calm the dog and cats down). and logically, I know that the person walking around outside with a great big metal golf umbrella with their toddler in the middle of a lightning storm was probably missed by natural selection. (harsh perhaps, but true).

So the 'feelings' of gut instinct is more linked to adrenaline than perhaps we think (?)

[agchristie]

Very comprehensive P! Thanks! Hope your pets were ok during that lot.Good example that,it obviously depends on the scenario...

You can come out of the cupboard now I reckon!

[woofgang]

you should read a book called Blink. The bloke who wrote it reckons that people whose instincts and hunches prove correct are people who can quickly access information in their brains that helps them to do correct snap judgements
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[Peaspeculiars]

ah, just spotted this bit agc: 'why don't we always get it?' - like the green wire, red wire scenario - It's not a situation that humans naturally have an instinct for - choosing a colour. Yes, we know it is a matter of life and death situation so you would expect adrenaline to be there, but no gut instinct would be present as we have no 'inkling' as to which is the right decision, the options are both as good or bad as the other. There is nothing to either instinctively or logically to weigh up.

[Peaspeculiars]

Cheers for the link woofgang might take a look at that xx

Yep, pets all fine cheers agc, shut all of the curtains, shut the windows and let it pass.

[agchristie]

Interesting woofgang thanks for that...

P - that makes sense indeed :-)

[Peaspeculiars]

am being nosey now, is there something that happened today/ recently that made you question your first instincts?

[agchristie]

Not really P - just an instinct to post it!

[Peaspeculiars]

Ha! like it :o)