Whether or not any of the intelligentsia believes it, it is certainly a commonly-held notion that decisions may be made dispassionately. And with the afore-cited research we may now sally forth to engage those commoners and tell the burden of proof is upon them. (And since someone brought it up, as Tulving and others have pointed out, there is much less difference between imagination and memory than is commonly held.) For more on this, consult William James’ “Principles of Psychology” which is astonishingly on-the-mark considering others from his cohort (Freud, Jung et al) moulder unpleasantly far off-the-mark.
Aside (sotto voce) to Geary: rainiest Bumbershoot ever. Guh.
David Savory
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