New Scientist had an interesting article on “trusting your gut” (and previously on “gut feelings”). Both articles indicate that humans are subconciously processing input information (events) that influence our concious decision making. I liked the examples of the radar technician subconciously recognizing a slight signal difference (an abstract event identification) as well as the firefighter avoiding death by analyzing his situation (an analytical response).
This is similar to why “situational awareness”, as provided by event-driven CEP sytems, is very useful in automated business decisions too…
