Mental shortcut to me is the easiest thing to look at.
It’s super easy to just default to something. It requires no thought, introspection, etc. Just a simple, quick answer that may or may not be right but you wouldn’t care.
So much of modern life is people defaulting to a lazy, easy option.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Not just modern life, but ancient too. The human mind is just full of these shortcuts, and on average, they have served the species well.