My old labmate works with them as a post-doc now. I would argue that most of what we do is automatic, and we are quite good at post-facto rationalizing our dec

My old labmate works with them as a post-doc now. I would argue that most of what we do is automatic, and we are quite good at post-facto rationalizing our decisions. BUT, I would also argue that consciousness allows us to make fully-conscious decisions, so we are not 100% automatic.