>>12275825Those studies aren't necessarily that conclusive, and in the next few decades I wouldn't be shocked to learn it's more nuanced.
But even if we assume that it really is the case for most or all decisions, at least we're still in control of our observation of those decisions and can make conscious judgments and choices. We can consciously and deliberately observe things after we do them, and then on at least some level assess if they were good or bad and perhaps adjust. (This leads me to think that at least some % of choices don't occur unconsciously before our awareness.)
I also wonder if certain kinds of training could put you more in tune with those unconscious processes. You may not be able to really affect or stop or change or reroute them, but you at least might be more aware of it as it's happening. I find when I use certain drugs, I become a little bit more aware of it, I think. And then you can wonder "okay, this autononomic or limbic or reflexive part of me right now wants or thinks this - is this what I really 'want to want/think?' or 'want to want to want/think?'".
There may be some degree of give and take and feedback between your prefrontal cortex and everything else, and certain kinds of psychological training might theoretically put the cortex a little closer to the driver's eat more often, but that's a random guess I'm pulling out of my ass, based on no empirical evidence.
And even if there isn't give and take, as
>>12275842 says, at least we're along for the ride in the passenger's seat and can see and perhaps enjoy much of what's going on. Like watching a good movie; you can't affect anything that happens, but you can experience it, feel it, see it, hear it, and be affected by it. Better than nothing (being unconscious), at least.
