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by lanstin 1178 days ago
For at least one general intelligence, the human brain, that is in the wrong order. Act first, decide later. Unless by decide you mean act and then make up a narrative using linguistic skill to explain the decision. Even observe can directly lead to actions for certain hot topics for:the person.

All we know for sure is that sensory data is generated, the brain does what it does, and then we have acted. We can’t break that down too well once it leaves the visual areas, but there is clear data that the linguistic form of decisions and so on lag behind the neurological signs of the action.

And humans have a well known tendency to make a decision on a linguistic level that they then fail to carry out in the realm of actions.