Comment author: Zubon 02 July 2013 10:15:14PM 32 points [-]

He senses in his gut that he did the right thing by showing up. As with all gut feelings, only time will tell whether this is pathetic self-delusion.

Neil Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

Comment author: fbreuer 04 July 2013 04:14:02AM 3 points [-]

The more immediate question is, however: Does his positive gut reaction enable him to engage more openly with the situation, thus deriving greater value from it than he might have done otherwise?