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gunslinger effect en · NOUN

Etymology

Coined by Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who deduced that the person who draws second in a gunfight will win the shootout.

Meanings

  1. The psychophysical phenomenon that an intentional or willed movement is slower than an automatic or reactive one.

Synonyms

gunfighter's dilemma