Here's When You Should Trust Your Gut
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Trusting your gut may not sound like a reliable way to make decisions, but the research points to some times when you might want to listen to it!
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My daughter trusted her gut when she fell in love with a terrible looking black cat at the shelter. He was so skinny, greasy and dirty, and must have been so matted when he was found that most of his body had been shaved. Nearly a year later, he is big and fluffy, absolutely shiny and stunningly gorgeous, and the nicest, most affectionate cat any of us has ever known. It took a long time to get him healthy (*his* gut was loaded with parasites) but nothing has ever been so worthwhile. I’m so glad she couldn’t stop thinking about him and adopted him.
That's such a beautiful story with a happy ending!
sounds more like a story of her dedication than intuition, but i'll allow it ;)
This happened to me before. I went to a shelter and wanted this kitten named daisy but this full grown cat sheeba really wanted to go home with me so I trusted my gut and brought her home. She was a good cat but one day she just... Passed away. I was playing with her she ran into the backyard chasing a leaf and 2 hours later my brother found her passed away laying next to our garage... No clue what was wrong with her but I hope she enjoyed her last days. She was a good kitty she had neurological problems and would lightly walk into walls. She was a goofy goober. Rip sheeb forever loved.
i am pretty sure there are many stories where someones gut feeling caused him/her to make horrible mistakes
@@HoD999x those are the gut feelings we don't talk about (survivor's bias)
When you have a multiple choice test and pick the answer you have a gut feeling about, think about it some more, and pick another answer but your first one was right all along.
always taste both answers first
@@phoule76 tried it once. got strange look from my teacher for licking the paper.
so relatable
Sometimes, I just close my eyes and point to an answer if I'm not able to narrow it down to one answer by process of elimination and I have time to come back to it after going all the way through the test.
And the feeling of regret is worst when there's negative marking...
I've always wondered how psychologists analyse our concept of intuition. Much obliged
So cool seeing you here! :)
Didn’t think I’d see you here!
*sees rubber lego tire
Gut: Chew
Me: Why?
Gut: You gotta
#MEMES
Yoy *Gutta*
you gotta do what you gotta do
can't argue with that logic
I chose my horse on gut intuition even though he nearly kicked me off the first time I tried him. He turned out to be the kindest, sweetest, smartest and most talented horse I've ever owned. A once in a lifetime horse! :)
AWWW... Now I miss Bailey... You could run her hard around the barrels, round up cattle, and then put a toddler on her back an hour later and trust her completely. She was definitely one of those once in a lifetime animals.
yep, my mare is the same way, well not like that but we have such a deep strong connectio that i will be devistated when she passes away , luckily i should have many many more years before i even ahve to think about that,
Awesome story! I was afraid to tell my mom how difficult my horse was, that I'd never get another. He taught me more than any trainer could. He was a warmblood before the term was widely used & a Hell of a horse!
confirmation bias
I wish my gut feeling wasn't always a sense of constant tension and anxiety...
right?? now im interested if people with anxiety disorders still have functioning gut instincts.. im thinking they do, but the biggest problem might be the person just feeling too used to anxiety and dismissing it
Amen to that. People have likened by decision makeing skills to a squirrel trying to cross a road.
HA 😅😅😅
Right??
Haha, only losers and idiots get stressed.
One of the wierdest instances of gut instincs for me was when I was in high school, we had purchased some fireworks and were of course outside lighting them. Now I had two fireworks set up,the type that shoot flares up into the sky like roman candles. they were a bit above me on a raised platform as I laid on the ground trying to light them both. I knew I would be mostly safe from the shots as I was below the muzzles and they were both secure. But as I'm trying to light them one just won't light, I'm sitting there trying desperately to get it to work when suddenly without thinking I twist myself around so I'm on my back and start kicking away from the fireworks quickly. And good thing I did, a moment later the first firework exploded, it had been packed upside down or something so instead of launching up, just went boom. though... at least it lit the other firework? But yeah I was lucky to move when I did else my face would have been point blank.
This video about "gut feelings" was surprisingly easy to digest!
CARLOS!
"Apparently they weren't feeling too creative that day" lmfao
As someone who works with horses (it's very dangerous at times), my gut has saved my life multiple times. Just last week, I was turning out a horse that is known for being dangerous and kicking. As I was leading him I thought to myself "he seems pretty calm today". When I went to let the horse go he still seemed calm, but my gut told me to duck, and sure enough, the moment the halter was off the horse he turned and bucked, his hind hoof striking where my head had been just a second before.
I've had many similar situations, still surprised I made it to my advanced age!
If a firefighter told me to leave, I'd do it whether they turned out to be right or wrong or if I could swear they were wrong. It doesn't hurt to follow their instructions, and it could easily save lives. And if a boss gigged me for doing so, I can always blame the firefighter. And if that didn't get me off the hook, ANYTHING is better than losing one's life in a fire!
Unless the firefighter goes, "lol get trolled!", which in this case, deserves a slap in the face.
What's worse is living after you've been badly burned🔥.
"I've got a bad feeling about this. . ."
-Every jedi in Star Wars
In shooters the enemies always come when you think you should move away from a spot. But really exactly in that second. Always.
TeilzeitHacker Xbox, PlayStation, or PC Master Race?
This is exactly how I viewed gut feeling and intuition for a long while now but had trouble finding easy-to-understand exlanations to explain it to others. Thanks for this!
I always trust my gut feeling. I'm a logical person but I like to trust my gut when it tells otherwise.
I was riding motorcycles with a group of friends. I was just behind the leader and I had a very strong feeling that I should back off and give a good amount of space between him and me. Once I got to where I felt comfortable a deer ran out in the rode and that guy hit it and crashed. If I would have been where I was I would have ran him over and crashed too
I also ride and I swear motorcyclists just develop a 6th sense of impending danger. For example, riding an unknown twisty road; the whole road looks clean for the most part, but you just get a feeling that there's gravel on the next bend, so you slow down. Oh look at that, gravel, and an oncoming car that you just avoided low-siding into.
Hope your friend recovered swiftly!
I trust my gut to process food.
Jerry Rupprecht I want to play this card game with you
There's an even more interesting aspect of this, though it would be hard to conduct meaningful experiments. Clausewitz maintained that the best military commanders are intuitive rather than analytical because they always have to deal with situations where, because of the "fog of battle," they never have all the information they need (and some of the information they have is wrong) but they still have to make an instant decision. Some people are somehow able to make these good decisions most of the time.
I wish I had listened to my gut feeling and not eaten that item from the vending machine.
Now I'm listening to AND feeling my gut 🤢
Master Therion
At least you’re not Fry, should have kept those worms, or kept that sandwich.
I wonder what it means for people with a history of abuse or who had an unstable life (being adopted, living in the street, changing countries irregulary,...). Is their gut feeling not good in certain situation?
Virginie Et Des Jeux Their gut feeling is that you can’t trust most people and that most situations are probably going to end up badly for them. You judge everything by your previous experiences.
I hope you get better soon.
@@ByBy001 Their gut feelings would make them experts at identifying emotions in facial expressions.
Your experience doesn't change how your intuition operates. Instead your experience teaches your intuition to react to repetitive situations faster. Recognizing micro expressions becomes a skill you have and can be applied to more then just the people you initially had to learn to watch.
I highly recommend the book "The Gift of Fear". It talks about how we as humans have developed our inituition to keep us safe and that it shouldn't be ignored. Everyone should read it, but I do think it's more intended for women.
Thank you and I'll check it out for sure
My parents refused to believe my gut reactions to some people from my church, a couple of whom were my age. They thought I was being mean because they weren't 'popular', but really neither was I. I stubbornly kept up my refusal to interact with them and a couple years later some really bad stuff went down with one of them and some of the younger kids and he went to prison. The other family, around the same time, was revealed to be manipulating a bunch of people and some families broke up permanently because of them. I told my parents I didn't ever want them trying to shame me for following my gut again! This while I was still in highschool. I think kids should be trained to listen to their instincts more instead of molding to social norms.
Let's be honest. No one makes a decision following only logic. SciShow Psych should do a video on dysrationalia and cognitive miser.
AKA Guardian Reader syndrome.
Gut feeling simply is logic
Michael Gibb unless you are a psychopath or sociopath
@@Dell-ol6hb If anything I'd say psychopaths are probably _less_ rational and less in control of their emotions than a healthy person, because they can't process consequences, can't delay gratification, and tend to fly off the handle.
@@tamar7065 Actually, with regards to psychopaths being in less control of their emotions, it may actually be the opposite. Because they do at least feel empathy. In most people empathy is by default, turned on. In psychopaths however, it's turned off but they are able to turn it on by will.
Thing is we like stories about people who "trust their gut" and wind up being right ... and wrong. The latter are called "Darwin Award Winners" aka "hold my beer and watch this".
“this dvd player reflects my true inner self”
Very informative video like always thank you❤️
Yeah! Someone talking about Kahnemann's 2 systems. Great (but simplified) model of how our cognitive processes work!
Yeah, someone does ua-cam.com/video/UBVV8pch1dM/v-deo.html
I find the model helpful, but I don't trust most people to not go overboard with wild extrapolations from it, and start seeing everything as a nail with their newfound hammer.
sapiens reminds me of the book “the inner game of tennis” for how to get gud at games and things
@@rhoharane I know what you mean. It's difficult not to overuse the idea.
I loved that book; but, like all important ideas, it only works well if it's integrated into a substantial understanding of the field it describes. I feel like it's mass appeal was both a strength and a weakness - and I don't have the background knowledge for it to be truly transformative. Important book though: just look how many other books, textbooks, college professors, and youtube channels use its explanatory concepts. My professor of memory and cognition had never read the book but he talked about the ideas from it almost word for word, having absorbed it from other sources.
That’s because your gut is also logical. It’s like a second unconscious brain processing information and making logical decisions on it like when the floor was going to collapse, the firefighter probably noticed that it felt odd unconsciously and his gut logically told him to get out.
Brilliant! There is now a description for the mechanism of clinician gestalt. So this is why I pre-alert folk who have okay obs, but I just have a "wrong" feeling about.
My brain is not working as good as before TA/ min-stroke but my gut has suddenly woken-up and started giving me clues. I don't know what part of my brain isn't working but I definitely have noticed that my gut- has been more active.
one of your best videos in quite some months
The creepiest gut feeling I had was probably about one and a half year ago when I first met my best friend’s new boyfriend. I didn’t know anything about the man. NOTHING. I just knew the two met at a deep sea photography event and they had a fling which they decided to take seriously. We met after watching a concert and I went home feeling absolutely sick and angry. There was this awful voice that kept yelling that “don’t lie to yourself, you wanna murder this man”. I even drew violent things to keep me sane. The voice was that horrible. I’ve never reacted so horribly to someone I’ve never met or known before. More than often times I can judge whether someone is awful or not upon first impression, but it’s never violent.
A year later, this man is horribly abusing my best friend. At the time I found out, I was living far away from her and I felt so weak and guilty.
Still tho, it’s creepy af. Currently my other best friend and I are creating a support system for her (luckily she’s busy for work too). I hope things can be resolved soon.
My gut feeling is to trust my logic. Even if I could be wrong with logic, at least I would know it. If I went with intuition I wouldn't know it. You can't learn from intuition. When you take a test, you never get told to use your intuition.
When Im in a game my gut/instincts tell me “I’m about to die” then I realize it’s because there’s footsteps behind me.
Might want to do something about it lol
Ken Carter yea I’m saying gut vs thought
PUBG
I am glad it wasn't System 1 and System 3.
y
What?
I don't know, "System D" and "System 101" might've had a pleasant ring of unfamiliar, but interesting connotations... ;oP
Me, too. Skipping 2 would bug the hell out of me. 😂
I wonder whether the sweating response was actually due to the person subconsciously realizing that picking from the bad deck was a bad strategy or whether the sweating response was only due to the recognition that the bad deck had more *risk* involved with it.
My gut feeling says the latter, personally. I'd be really interested to see an experiment with the high risk/reward decks actually being more rewarding than the low risk/reward decks =).
Wouldn't the former be the result of the latter? Also wouldn't strategy only be a consideration when you conscious logical mind is heeding the warning, or you have already finished the analysis?
Instinct: kill that goddamn centipede NOW
Logic: kill that goddamn centipede... from a distance.
How did you guys go this entire video without mentioning the Enteric Nervous System/Enteric Brain? There are as many nerves there as there are in your brain. That's where those ***gut*** feelings originated from... Your digestive system! Another video perhaps? 😁
Yes! I clicked on this wanting to know more about the gut nerves, I really hope there's another video about it :D
Hi! :) I am definitely not an expert in the matter but what I understand from the enteric brain is that it's not a brain like the one is our head. Yes there is an incredible amount of neurons sending information to and from the gut, but it is still directed by and analyzed in the brain. Our guts don't decide anything on their own, otherwise they might make decisions that would be beneficial for enteric cells, but not for the entire organism. That's why we have the brain: it takes everything in and decides accordingly. The reason we say we have a "gut brain" is that we were not expecting it and it's a bit of a surprise to see how much of an influence it has. All the information carried to the brain does have an effect: it would be foolish to say otherwise. However, "gut" neurons are no different than the neurons that travel from the muscles in our feet, or the neurons used for sight. When my eye sees a lego on the floor, it carries that information to my brain, who concludes that I will not only step on it, but it'll be painful. My brain then instructs the muscles in my legs to avoid the threat. The same can be said for the gut. There's an unbelievable amount of bacteria in there, and it's where we get most of our nutrients from. There's a chance the very first nervous systems were developed entirely for monitoring the guts. Plus, its sheer length means we need a lot more neurons to cover it!
I think the confusion comes from the fact that we are only starting to understand just how complex this part of our nervous system is, but the research doesn't point towards a complex decision-making brain. Maybe using the word "brain" was wrong to begin with.... But what is clear though is that more research is needed to fully understand the guts role, but it is highly unlikely that a complex brain will ever be discovered in our guts.
The Institute of neurotic science Dean rating has actually done substantial amount of scientific studies that will blow your mind about reality the capabilities of your mental focus and what you're actually capable of
I was on an airplane getting ready to fly home after a vacation in Florida. As I was sitting there preparing to take off, I kept getting this horrible feeling, and I even had a vision of people getting sucked out of the plane. I kept looking at all the faces around me and thinking “all of these people are going to die”. I looked at my mom who was sitting next to me and thought “this is the last moment I have with her”. The plane started to speed down the runway, and I gripped the arm of the seat tighter with every second, until suddenly, the plane came to a screeching stop. Then the captain made the announcement “We just received a notification that one of our doors may not be closed all the way”. I was never so happy to have my flight delayed. Later on I told my mom I had a bad feeling and she said she felt the same. She didn’t have a vision like I did, but she had a bad feeling in her gut. I have more stories like this, but this one is the one that I always think of first.
Pardon me, Ms. Brit:
Your shirt is f***ing awesome.
My gut feeling usually tells me to keep quiet and avoid eye contact unless being spoken to. Or maybe that’s my anxiety 🤔
Am I the only one who thinks it's irrational to not consider your feelings?
Nope, you're not the only one.
This is supported by MBTI's cognitive functions, so you're definitely not alone in this!
The decision-making functions are thinking and feeling. And you need both working together to grow and make better choices. Dismissing your own feelings can mean being in denial (of how "above it" you are, how much you actually care, etc.). Dismissing others' feelings can mean you're on your own with your plans, and flies in the face of us being social creatures (we didn't survive this long by being lone wolves; we need others' insight/skills/expertise more often than not, since we alone do not have all the answers).
@@ArtFreak17 Skills, expertise and answers can be verified, feelings not. They live in another dimension, with God and PMS.
@@ArtFreak17 facts don't care about feelings
No... but it is irrational to consider your "feelings" to the exclusion of all evidence to the contrary.
See, Brad and Janet had gut feelings and they didn’t listen to them...but they were left highly satisfied 😂
Well, our oven died, and I’m a super logical person. After doing a lot of research, and asking my husband for input, and taking into account our budget, there were a few that looked great- but a less “reliable “ brand. So... I went with my gut and just got a well known brand, that still had what I wanted (and the extended warranty). I’ve been worried about going with my gut as our kitchen aid Oven was HORRIBLE. Maybe you’ll give me some peace tonight. ❤️❤️❤️
My gut told me not to take a job I was offered ... I did something different and listened to System 2 in conjunction with my empty wallet. Haven't started it yet, but time will tell if I regret it.
I listen to my gut all the time, IBS is very loud.
Excellent clip! Very high quality! The sound and voice projection and annunciation is perfect! Great information too! Thanks Britt! I’m inspired by your excellence! 🤙🏾
I saw this video's title and it was my gut feeling telling me to click on it not my logic. ;D
There you go😀
When your SO is unusually quiet
Then what?
@@LulitaInPita tell them to be quiet
@@kyrlics6515 lol
Especially on tests always take your first answer never think it over a second time and change your answer! 90-plus percent of the time your first answer is correct.
I have great intuition/ gut feeling, but I never take it in account and thus I make bad decisions 😅
Had a relative in World War II get a gut feeling that he needed to get out of a French barn they were hiding/resting in. Minutes later it was destroyed by a German counter attack.
So gut instinct is subconscious pattern recognition and recall of memories associated or in some way reflected of the current situation
I lover her! one of my fave scischowers
"Apparently, they weren't feeling too creative that day." LOL, I love how she delivered that line.
In spiritual writings, intuition and gut feeling are two different things. Gut feeling can be wrong, but is great for survival, though it can be trained.
Intuition in this context is infallible, and can't be trained. It's a deep, mystical experience that goes beyond reason. Plato believed that intuition was how we understand basic axioms and self-evident truths, the foundation of logic.
I swear this channel is gold.
So this is weird:
I can never find scissors when I need them in my house. Or I forget where I put them after finding them, but when I heard my kitten screeching after getting tangled up in a chair with a lot of strings... It still took a second cause I was in shock, but instantly after realizing what was happening, I ran to a pair of scissors that I could never find before. I think this boost in crazy memory may come from adrenaline enabling my flight or fight response, but can adrenaline improve your memory to?
Sometimes your gut feeling will point out red flags before your logic sees them.
My gut feeling is typically to step back a think about it.
The simplest thing that my gut feeling told me was like when i wanted to do something but many things happened and those things made me cant make it.. then,, after that i got an information that for example something’s happened
what do you do if you don't trust your gut though
I would like to hear you talk about practice theory, or practice-based approach. You could see authors like Schatzki, Reckwitz, Gherardi, Strati for reference. About what practice theory offers, about sensorial understanding and embodiment, and how knowledge is understood - not as something in someone's head, but situated knowing how, doing a practice. Body not as a instrument, what mind uses, but part of mental and bodily routines. I think gut feeling involves sensorial and aesthetic understanding, in the case of firefighters, understanding what it should feel like but sensing otherwise. This made him reflexive action etc.
That's why I don't have a "System 1" - my parents and peers deliberate made my childhood so chaotic I could not reliably predict anything - all feedback was provably false. I had to depend on pure logic to deal with everything.
So cool! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you.
When it tells you that fish was a week past the sell by date.
That's not intuition it's involuntary extrusion.
Your gut really tells you, huh?
Love that language knew that the guy thinks before science knew the bacteria even exist and definitely before they somehow "think".
Trusted my gut when a creepy substitute teacher was talking to me. Something about him just felt...wrong? Kept my guard up around him and never left myself alone around him. Even my mates thought he was a bit nuts.
I used to have a good gut instinct about people. When I first met someone and didn't initionaly like them but i thought I was just being judgey it would always end with me being completely screwed over.
What if you have PTSD? Your gut would always say you're in danger.
My gut hurts like it gets stabbed or burned in when seeing someone at times or hearing loud noises from trucks
I am astonished that an article about gut feeling makes no mention of the distribution of neurons within the body
I usually have pretty good gut instincts about people. In fact my gut instinct warned me of a person who entered into my family's life that I hadn't met before, but who later turned out to be a Professional Con Artist, playing up her disability so she could mooch off people. Another time I looked at a photo of a clown in my Psych Textbook and got a bad feeling. Then I read he volunteered at children's hospital, so I thought I was mistake, but then it turned out he was a SERIAL KILLER!!
My intuition is completely dead 😢 I don’t even feel it anymore it’s completely controlled by thinking and precaution/safety mind reflex… which makes me someone completely passive 😢
My gut is telling me that I need to poop but I don't trust it...
I get this all the time when I’m speeding. I will feel something in my gutt. I slow down and boom there’s a cop a block or two away.
This is almost exactly one section from Daniel Kahneman's book without any citation.
My intuition has made me lose so many times in chess.
Tell that to a person with borderline personality disorder. EVERYTHING causes our "gut reaction" to go nuts
I never would have thought that a DVD player can reflect my true inner self...
I also experience gut feeling ..but i denied it after that i got loss 😕
You can't make decisions with only logic.
I don't think most people even know what logic is.
Thinking fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, if you want to read more into it. Fascinating book.
I hope this comment reaches you.
(impulsive decisions)/(trusting guts) are immune to fact/logic.
Without going into details for why this is fact (unless you asked). but you will never learn if you use your guts because you did not asses the situation's factors (no training (gaining experience) at all).
The issue -that you mentioned in the video- was in life-threatening/dangerous situations where time is extremly valuable resource that you must not waste; assessing a situation takes time -that you do not owe in case of fire or running from a lion- so your brain -in these situations only- takes control/lead without you (noticing)/(having any control) until the danger is gone.
in another words, don't worry about when to trust your guts because the brain is well trained when to take lead and only act -based only upon intuition thinking rather than conscious reasoning-. (there is some debate -regarding some danger cases/situations- where you must think even if you do not have time).
The bottom line is, never trust your guts (system 1).
I am reminded of a poker tournament I played last weekend, Where I made several calls that annoyed the person betting into me, because I was right lol.
"gut feeling" is just guessing based on experience. if you can avoid it, you should. it can be fooled - logic can't.
The problem with logical thinking is that you might be misinformed, fooled or brainwashed, or simply lacking in information, in this case, I'll go with my guts
This is just your brain that processes info around, but your lazy mind doesn’t want to recognize them asap. This “intuition” turns into straightforward logic later when you play strategic video games for a long time
What if my gut was damaged by antibiotics a while after I was born so now my gut is bad, terrible at making decisions and is also bad at digestion?
Awesome video and useful information
0:13 I think you mean Suddently he got the sense that the house needed to be evacuated. They all needed to evacuate means they needed to do a number 2 LUL
i don’t follow my gut i follow my conscience
i just want to know the difference between the guts and assumption
Interesting. As I get older and have more experience, I find I can make more decisions using intuition, which I then roughly "sanity check". So I am combining System 1 and System 2 decision making totally naturally. This is the real reason older people are paid more: we're worth it! But I was young once, and viewed the intuition of my elders as a form of magic or luck or extreme intelligence. (It isn't. But always do the sanity check!) So be encouraged young'uns, and put in the work. It's the only way.
I have a really weak and sometimes misleading "gut instinct". Whenever I have tough decisions to make and I decide to listen to a "gut instinct", it turns out to be some cognitive bias that totally screws me down the track and I end up wishing I'd done what my logical and rational mind was telling me to do.
In general it's still better for people to look at things from a rational point of view. Most people I know that go with their gut feelings always end up in shitty circumstances.
What? People think that? When I was a kid I was thinking "I should make a good reputation by petting this dog, if I don't, people will think I'm not right in the mind or something... But how'd I make it so this thing won't lick or rub it's nose on me...- why is it licking me? I wish I would get outta here, this is as disgusting if not more as being in a crowd...." And I still don't know what people feel when they say love is a warm feeling inside or cuteness or whatever. Humans be humans...
Bruh I have anxiety, my gut is always telling me to abort mission
Maybe they deliberatley gave such neutral names to the systems.