TIL the "affect heuristic" is a heuristic, a mental shortcut that allows people to make decisions and solve problems quickly and efficiently, in which current emotion—fear, pleasure, surprise, etc.—influences decisions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_heuristic
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