And regardless, while instincts are useful, I would rather analyze them and extract the underlying reasons for my instinctual reactions, rather than blindly act

And regardless, while instincts are useful, I would rather analyze them and extract the underlying reasons for my instinctual reactions, rather than blindly acting on them at the emotional level. And at that point, I'm back to acting on data (though potentially drawing it from more sources, now). In any case, to believe that your [survival] instincts are equally applicable to making sound business decisions is a bit silly, as that's pretty far removed from what they've been optimized to do.