Principlev1
Use somatic markers as rapid appraisals of decision outcomes
Use somatic markers as rapid appraisals of decision outcomes based on learned associations, treating bodily responses as compressed pattern recognition rather than mystical intuition.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle grounds in Emotions manifest as physiological changes in the body (emotions manifest as somatic markers before conscious experience), Dopamine neurons fire when a reward is anticipated based on (dopamine fires at learned cues not rewards—prediction signal), and Compiled Pattern Recognition Outpaces Rule-Following (pattern recognition operates faster than rule-following). It prescribes treating bodily responses as informational rather than dismissing or blindly following them.