It depends on the context, in particular, whether the situation is one where you “must” have a good reason for your actions. Your reaction is appropriate for most ordinary situations; his is appropriate for the context he’s talking about (doing a different movement than than the one you intended in a chess game) and other high stakes situations (blurting an answer you know is wrong in an examination, saying/doing something awkward on a date, making a risky movement driving your car…)
his is appropriate for the context he’s talking about (doing a different movement than than the one you intended in a chess game) and other high stakes situations (blurting an answer you know is wrong in an examination, saying/doing something awkward on a date, making a risky movement driving your car…)
I experience horrible feelings when I humiliate myself or put myself at risk. This phenomenon seems to occur independently of whether I have a good causal model for why I did those things.
It depends on the context, in particular, whether the situation is one where you “must” have a good reason for your actions. Your reaction is appropriate for most ordinary situations; his is appropriate for the context he’s talking about (doing a different movement than than the one you intended in a chess game) and other high stakes situations (blurting an answer you know is wrong in an examination, saying/doing something awkward on a date, making a risky movement driving your car…)
I experience horrible feelings when I humiliate myself or put myself at risk. This phenomenon seems to occur independently of whether I have a good causal model for why I did those things.
OTOH, a good causal model may sometimes enable you to take action so as to not do that thing again.