... your choice, but it wasn’t, not by a long shot. If your decision-making process was conscious—and articulated—my guess is it might have gone something like this: I associate Skippy with childhood…it’s ... emotion with a specific, required reaction. By instantaneously helping us narrow down the possibilities available in a situation, they shepherd us toward a decision that we know will yield ... hour later you re back playing with your trains, dinosaurs, or sharks. The tenderness of your fingertips will vanish in a few days, but your mind isn’t quite so lenient. It won’t forgive what...