Like it seems obvious and intuitive that preferences form choices but it turns out that choices shape preferences just as easily.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196841/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/095679762095449...
At this point, I think there is little doubt humans regularly fabricate explanations of their behaviour unknowingly. It's just a question of how much and to what degrees.
Like it seems obvious and intuitive that preferences form choices but it turns out that choices shape preferences just as easily.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196841/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/095679762095449...
At this point, I think there is little doubt humans regularly fabricate explanations of their behaviour unknowingly. It's just a question of how much and to what degrees.