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Deciding before thinking is done, then calling it instinct.

means The tendency to act on sudden impulse, with force and little regard for consequences, rather than pausing to consider.

from Traces back to the Latin impetus — a rushing attack, a forceful onset — itself from impetere, 'to rush upon' or 'assail,' built from in- ('onto') plus petere ('to seek, to aim at, to fly at'). So the word carries, deep in its bones, the image of something flung forward with momentum. By the time it settled into English via French, impetuous had shifted from describing physical force to describing people and temperaments — those who move through life the way the original impetus moved through the air: fast, forward, and not especially interested in stopping to check the landing.

root
latin impetus, a violent rush or assault
virtue flip
courage minus the waiting period
psych term
low impulse control dressed as confidence
classic trap
feels bold, reads as reckless in hindsight
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