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If he has not made a mind, he does not want beer. He might want beer few moments later, but at the moment of answering the question, he does not. That's what my logic tells me.
This is a good point, but I'll move the goalposts very slightly and suggest that human brains are capable of wanting something without knowing that they want something. For example, if you say you don't know whether you want a beer, and then the person next to you orders a beer, then at that moment, you might realize that you really did want a beer before.
It's been shown that your brain makes it's decision several seconds before your consciousness is aware of it.
So, it just takes a second for the Ego to catch up with the Id
More like 100-300 ms, but yes. However, this is much shorter time than to say “I do not know”