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by pixl97 702 days ago
It typically takes much longer for people to process and make 'intelligent' decisions on novel information than we realize.

Again, typically the brain will skip these checks and go into fight or flight mode where you punch or run without knowing what you are doing. I'd like to think we break a lot of this response in the modern world by not being around a lot of spontaneous dangerous stuff, which leaves us gawking at times.