Most Depressing Brain Finding Ever

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"It turns out that in the public realm, a lack of information isn't the real problem. The hurdle is how our minds work, no matter how smart we think we are. We want to believe we're rational, but reason turns out to be the ex post facto way we rationalize what our emotions already want to believe.

The power of emotion over reason isn't a bug in our human operating systems, it's a feature." (с)

Собственно, я это и без британских учёных знал. На собственной шкуре прочувствовал, как и многие другие.