Questions & Answers

I had a cold phone call about my energy. Within seconds I registered that it was a cold call & told the woman I wasn't interested & hung up. My brain filtered, reacted & made me speak appropriately in a few seconds. That is amazing computing power. Especially as my brain has been around for decades, so it's surprising it's still working.

The human brain reaction time averages 0.25 secs for visual stimuli,0.17 secs for audio, and 0.15 secs for touch. The total time to perceive, process, and respond to a stimulus, typically ranging from 0.1 - 0.3 secs. Age, fatigue, exercise, and stimulus complexity influence speed.

 

 

Given how lucky we are to have powerful brains it is amazing how prone we are to making mistakes. We are fallible. All sorts of factors come into play. 

A combination of psychological, social, and situational factors shape how choices are evaluated. Key factors include cognitive biases, emotional state, risk propensity, personal values, social pressures, time constraints, and the availability of information

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Each day we make decisions, even down to what socks to put on. Each day we have complex conversations, social, at work, in a shop, on a phone...Our brain is always working. If someone asks me a question I don't know the answer to, I can usually find out the answer. I just have to check that I am using a verifiable source, there is so much misinformation out there. So many unreliable outpourings of information without evidence from spurious sources.

 

It is worth taking the time to think about important questions - "knee jerk" reactions are not usually the best. I would always try to go for due consideration over speed. Speed without consideration doesn't usually result in reliable choices & decisions.

 

I think that is becoming a real problem for politicians & people making decisions that affect all of us. We aren't prepared to give them time to formulate answers to very complex problems. We are also very intolerant of mistakes. We don't like it if they change their minds. They in turn are becoming more and more wary of answering direct questions & committing themselves to a course of action or an opinion.

 

Truth is important, but it becoming increasingly difficult to find. However, you have been given a brain & access to reliable, evidence based, information, so use it. Don't just follow the herd or the charismatic leader or influencer who shouts loudest.