A snap judgment can feel like clarity. It’s fast, confident, and emotionally satisfying. Real thought is slower. It asks for evidence. It tolerates discomfort. It forces a person to admit, “I might be wrong.” That’s why Carl Jung’s famous line still lands so hard: “Thinking is hard; that’s why most people judge.” Whether Jung said those exact words in that exact form is debated, but the idea fits much of his work on projection, self-awareness, and the hidden motives that shap