TIL that people can confidently explain decisions they never actually made, supporting the idea that consciousness often rationalizes behavior after the fact, rather than causing it.

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TIL that people can confidently explain decisions they never actually made, supporting the idea that consciousness often rationalizes behavior after the fact, rather than causing it.

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