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Comment author: AnnaSalamon 02 March 2012 07:58:26AM 2 points [-]

Cue of not rationalizing: I am picturing the two possible outcomes (from deciding correctly/incorrectly), feel fear (lest I end up with the bad outcome), and find my attention spontaneously on the considerations that seem as though they'll actually help with that.