Simplifications streamline or attempt to clarify large or incomplete data sets and allow us to reach decisions that would otherwise be daunting. An information-processing simplification (sometimes called bias) is a processing filter that results from being confronted with an incomplete or overwhelming amount of information. In order to manage all of the data it must process in a day, the brain creates information-processing short-cuts, or simplifications. ![]() The Brain Creates Error-Prone Simplifications If we can better understand how this happens, perhaps we can better prevent many actions we would later come to regret. Findings from neuroscience have taught us that overarousal can play an important role in contributing to many of the poor decisions we make. Overarousal cannot only cripple our bodies, but it can also cripple our minds. Stress-related physical disorders are best understood as disorders of arousal. It might come as a surprise to you, but the primary function of most of your brain’s physiology is to dampen and regulate arousal. Human consciousness, and the brain that supports it, simply cannot withstand such overwhelming stimulation. And let us not forget the incessant bombardment with all types of “raw data,” much of which is incomplete. We are bombarded with “news,” which in many instances is neither interesting nor relevant, only different. The news cycle was once only several hours, now it’s a full day. We live in a remarkably stressful age where we are overwhelmed with information. Daniel Kahneman has proven that humans are not the rational beings we believe ourselves to be. ![]() Will Rogers once famously said, “Common sense ain’t common.” Nobel Laureate psychologist Dr.
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