Originally Posted by
IndiReloaded
What's an 'anchor trap'?
I sort of get what you say, but disagree about rigid thinkers letting their feelings take over. I'd say its the exact opposite problem. That situations that could easily be resolved with a certain level of emotional intuition get muddled b/c of an attempt to rationalize an irrational situation.
Emotions are a lower brain function. Rational thinking is a higher brain function. The two aren't always congruent. In fact, they are often inversely proportional. Or is that what you meant?
From what I understand, anchor means getting you emotionally hooked on something. This can be done with anything. Do you have a favourite brand of ice cream? Of coffee? Cereal? Why do you keep on going back to this particular brand over and over again instead of the other products? How does it make you feel when you have it? The manufacturer anchored you to their product. You have a certain feeling when you taste their brand, it's sometimes even imposible to explain it, but you come back to it over and over again because of that feeling.
Feelings are irrational and we all experience them. Including what you call rigid rational thinkers. There is no way out of it. What I meant that a certain level of emotional awareness and intuition is requried (As well as logical thinking) to pick up this anchoring process. You need alarm bells to set off you conscious thought, if you don't have them you will get hooked like everyone else. And I think if level of emotional awareness and intuition are fairly low, you can fall very hard for it.
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