4 June 2015 - emotion wins 2

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Hard Reason

Lesson 2: Humans are perfectly capable of complex reasoning,

human: I should get gas at the more expensive place so that I can pick up milk on the way home and still make it before the TV news comes on.

but only in the most familiar circumstances.

TV news: Today the Food and Drug Administration announced changes to the food pyramid.
human: Obama did WHAT?

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