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    Don't Overthink It!

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    The document discusses decision making and whether it is better to think rationally or rely on emotions and instincts. It presents perspectives from two philosophers - Bence Nanay and Barry C. Smith. [1] Nanay argues that we have less control over our choices than we think. He uses the example of being offered two jobs to illustrate how our future self is shaped by the decision we make. [2] Smith takes the view that we can learn to make better decisions, for example by assessing what type of decision is required. He argues that too much thinking can be problematic for quick decisions where action is needed.

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    Don't Overthink It!

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    The document discusses decision making and whether it is better to think rationally or rely on emotions and instincts. It presents perspectives from two philosophers - Bence Nanay and Barry C. Smith. [1] Nanay argues that we have less control over our choices than we think. He uses the example of being offered two jobs to illustrate how our future self is shaped by the decision we make. [2] Smith takes the view that we can learn to make better decisions, for example by assessing what type of decision is required. He argues that too much thinking can be problematic for quick decisions where action is needed.

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    The document discusses decision making and whether it is better to think rationally or rely on emotions and instincts. It presents perspectives from two philosophers - Bence Nanay and Barry C. Smith. [1] Nanay argues that we have less control over our choices than we think. He uses the example of being offered two jobs to illustrate how our future self is shaped by the decision we make. [2] Smith takes the view that we can learn to make better decisions, for example by assessing what type of decision is required. He argues that too much thinking can be problematic for quick decisions where action is needed.

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    Don't Overthink It!

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    María Martinescu
    The document discusses decision making and whether it is better to think rationally or rely on emotions and instincts. It presents perspectives from two philosophers - Bence Nanay and Barry C. Smith. [1] Nanay argues that we have less control over our choices than we think. He uses the example of being offered two jobs to illustrate how our future self is shaped by the decision we make. [2] Smith takes the view that we can learn to make better decisions, for example by assessing what type of decision is required. He argues that too much thinking can be problematic for quick decisions where action is needed.

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    1. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from those given below.

    There are
    four extra words. Put ONE of these words in each gap. You can only use a word
    once.

    AT AVERTING FIRSTLY GOOD HOWEVER IN LOAD MAKE

    MAKES MECHANISMS MIND OPTIMAL POINTLESS PROBABLY QUESTIONS REALLY

    SECONDLY SELF SIMPLY SO VIEW WHAT WHATSOVER WHO

    DON’T OVERTHINK IT!


    Is there a good and bad way to make a decision? Should it be through thinking a lot about it, or is that
    (1) ______ and prevaricating, even dangerous? Should we (2) ______ rely on our emotions: our
    instincts or even our impulses. Bence Nanay is a Belgian philosopher. He (3) _____ the control that we
    think we have over the choices we (4) ______. He says that the rational (5) ______ has very little to do
    with it.

    Bence Nanay: You get two job offers. (6) _____, one of them is a sleepy college town, really boring, no
    cultural like (7) _______, but excellent philosophy department, brilliant colleagues, amazing PhD
    students. That’s one choice. The other choice, a job offer in one of the best cities in the world… terrible
    philosophy department, huge teaching (8) ______, terrible colleagues. How are you going to decide? So
    (9) ______ I’d do is that I imagine myself in a situation and imagine myself in a different situation. The
    person (10) ____ is going to live in these scenarios is not my present self- I can imagine what my future
    (11) ____ is going to be [like]. The whole question about what’s an (12) ______ decision is the wrong
    question. Who your future self is going to be is going to depend on the decision that you are making.

    DEVELOPING INSTINCT

    In Nanay’s opinion, the decision (13) _____ the person rather than the person the decision! But are we
    (14) _____ so easily manipulated? Scottish philosopher Barry C. Smith takes the (15) ____ that you can
    lean to make better choices; (16) ___, by assessing the kind of decision it is.

    Barry C. Smith: Having a long time to think about it is (17) ____ part of the problem, because you’re
    going to do all these imaginative (18) ______. But I think to be a good decision-maker you have to have
    several decision-making mechanisms, and they operate (19) ____ different speeds and different scales.
    If you’re in a situation where you have to act very fast- to save someone else’s life or maybe to take
    quick (20) ______ action-, you really just have to have a system that will simply take that decision for
    you. You actually don’t want to be imaginatively projecting; it will get in the way and it will probably
    slow you down.

    1. 5. 9. 13. 17.
    2. 6. 10. 14. 18.
    3. 7. 11. 15. 19.
    4. 8. 12. 16. 20.

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