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Many people, she observes, confront a common dilemma: the gut instinct says no to a person, situation, or decision, but the mind seeks rational justification to override it. This conflict stems from societal conditioning—the dominant message that rationality is the only legitimate way to understand the world. She highlights that especially for women and marginalized communities, there’s a tendency to dismiss or gaslight their intuitive signals, attributing them to overreaction or irrationality. Yet, these feelings are often grounded in accumulated experience and instinctive wisdom, as exemplified in high-stakes cases like that of the University of Idaho murders, where women sensed danger but rationalized their fears away.