Acting on a gut feeling can sometimes lead to poor decisions. But it will usually support the common good, according to a study showing that human intuition favours cooperative, rather than selfish, behaviour. See Letter p. 427
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Gächter, S. A cooperative instinct. Nature 489, 374–375 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/489374a
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