Realist & Miles
Do you ever wonder if our gut choices have any basis in data, or are they purely instinct?
We taste our gut first, then ask data to confirm. It’s a mirror of patterns we’ve yet to map, so instincts are the first draft, data the editing hand. The choice comes from that blend, not pure logic alone.
You can test the gut, but data has to be the final check—instincts alone are just guesswork.
Indeed, the gut is a compass, data the map, and alone neither leads to a safe destination.
Your point is clear – instincts can point you in a direction, but without the hard facts to chart the route you’ll still end up lost. Data alone also misses the nuance of the human element. Both are needed.
True. One alone is a vague horizon, the other a detailed atlas. The trick is to let the gut mark the way and let the data lay out the turns. Only then does the path feel real.