Why do some NTs rely on feelings so much?

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So, I watched some Youtube videos about job interviews, and about what you should wear or not wear to an interview.

And the video explains clothing choices like this:
Red- People would feel that you are passionate.
Blue- People would feel that you are honest, it is therefore better to dress in blue for interviews than red.
Black- People would feel that you are sincere, it is therefore also a good color to wear to interviews.

So I'm like, what?
I don't understand this at all. Why do people feel it that way?

I believe It's based on a scientific study on how colors subconsciously affect emotions. Like for instance if you put someone in a room that's painted entirely red their pulse rate will increase. Whereas if the room is pale blue or green or blue-green thay will feel very calm. And I believe they painted psychiatric wards those colors to keep the patients calm.

As for NTs go how do you know those with autism aren't affected the same way subconsciously?

Here is the deal.

Our brains evolved over millions of years to process information and make snap decisions in largely life or death situations. This has been true for all of animal (let alone human) history until maybe 500-200 years ago!

Most of what happens in the brain is subconscious, and most animals except for mammals don't really even have a conscious mind. Maybe some types of birds do, such as crows. But all insects (which account for almost all variation in animal life on earth), reptiles, amphibians, etc are more or less meat-based robots.

What emotions really are, are a type of instinct. Most people's brains take in a TON of sensory data all of the time. What colors are coming at me? What is the temperature? Are there other people around? What do they look like? Do they seem friendly, aggressive, indifferent? Are they lying to me? What is the tone of their voice? How much eye contact are they making?

All of this is happening automatically and subconsciously. Over the millennia, brains have also evolved to automatically draw certain conclusions from this passively-received data. Our ancestors (from all species, not just humans) were often able to survive, avoid dangerous situations, and gauge their interactions with other animals based on these instincts being correct or not. The ones whose 'instincts/emotions' were right, survived, and passed those abilities further on down the line.

These instincts are directly tied to the instincts to survive and reproduce, which are our primary biological imperatives. As such, the compulsion to listen to these instincts is extremely strong.

I think in modern times, we have civilization and are very unlikely to come across a predator animal, or a rival tribe of humans that want to kill us. These instincts/emotions aren't as applicable, as in many ways we are no longer in the same environment that made them beneficial. Now in many cases, these instincts, such as being wary of people who look and sound different from us (because most of the time in the past, this could likely become a deadly encounter) now manifest in awful things like racism (for example).

I hypothesize (in an extremely speculative way this is just an idea!) that ASD people struggle with the automatic perception of and processing of this passive sensory data, and this causes most of the social problems ASD people have.

White shirt, good quality tie and a jacket, a hat=Standard Male Uniform from 50-100 years ago. People will assume...you do a lot of laundry.

(not sure what The Fair would wear. Ladies, you have so many more options than men!)

More like 75 years ago and beyond. After World War II, men's attire, especially in leisure situations, got a lot less formal.

In the 1930's, kids used to go out to play with their plus-four suits and ties. An outing to the beach involved wearing a suit.

People have observed the difference between thinking and feeling before (Spock and McCoy).

If the neurological variation that produces Aspergers is a result of higher complexity / speed / intensity, the result is a greater intentional mental processing (manual vs, automatic). Sometimes to the point of being overwhelming.

Those who do not have this abundance of intentional processing, often respond to their environment more reflexively. They may have grown to rely on "gut feelings", intuition, and hunches. These may actually serve them rather well, but they may not be fully able to articulate the reasons for their conclusions.

By selecting the "right" shirt color for a job interview, one is basically learning to communicate via a pathway many NTs rely on to receive information.

For example, many Asperger people (especially younger Aspies) select their wardrobe based on how it feels or other criteria and would not be too concerned about how others dressed. They are often unaware of how much information comes to an NT from their environment and that their clothing choices can be unsettling to someone who has expectations of the conventional, familiar, and comfortable.

There was a lot of that stuff going on in 18th century literature.....Head versus Heart.

NT women especially, obtain a lot of information about you from how you dress. It is logical deduction to assume that if are fashionably dressed, you have the time and money to keep track of the latest fashions, and dress accordingly. Someone struggling to get by can't do that.