'The same lesson can be applied to the brain: when making decisions, actively resist the urge to supress the argument. Instead, take the time to listen to what all the different brain areas have to say. Godd decisions rarely emerge from a false consensus. Alfred P. Sloan, the chairman of General Motors during its heyday, once adjourned a board meeting soon after it began. "Gentlemen," Sloan said, "I take it we are all in complete agreement on the decision here...Then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about."'
Jonah Lehrer, The Decisive Moment, p.209.
