If there is a distinctive mental mode we enter when reasoning about how exactly to defecate, nose-pick, sleep, masturbate, and so on, this is plausibly a more honest mental mode.
This is worth doing empirical studies on. Do people think more rationally, especially on socially-charged issues, when they’re on the toilet and thoughts of their image/dignity recede to the background?
This is worth doing empirical studies on. Do people think more rationally, especially on socially-charged issues, when they’re on the toilet and thoughts of their image/dignity recede to the background?