This seems to be a much better description of what’s going on in my mind when I make a decision. I disagree with Solvent that we have a determnistic alhorithm that has a single outcome.
What we have are conflicting priorities. In the case of running over the squirrel they could be, for example:
Being angry enough to want to hurt something weaker than yourself Not wanting to jerk the steering wheel or brake abruptly while driving, for safety, when a squirrel runs out into the road in front of your car. Wanting to protect animal life.
Other than by experience, you don’t know which priority has the greatest weight. Say “Wanting to protect animal life” turns out to have the greatest weight. Then you hit the brakes.
Thanks for putting together the survey. It prompted me to do a couple things, including start posting here.
I was about 100 years off with Newton. Dang it!
Troshen