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DanielBWeston t1_j9xb7nx wrote

I've often thought that gut instinct is stuff that's seen or heard, but not consciously noticed. In this case, perhaps the left path looked more recently trodden or something.

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great_gastly t1_j9xn1xc wrote

We don't hear the story about the person who thought the same thing but was wrong.

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lovethebacon t1_j9y1lbk wrote

If you're doing search and rescue you don't trust your gut. You search everywhere systematically.

And you also don't continue searching after you find the person (or their corpse).

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