A review of Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking.
Anyone who does a lot of public speaking knows there are certain questions that inevitably arise from the audience in a Q&A session. In my case, lecturing on pseudoscience and the paranormal, I am almost always asked: (continue reading…)
emotions, intuition, psychology, thin slicing
A review of David G. Myers’ Intuition: It’s Powers and Perils.
Imagine yourself a contestant on the classic television game show Let’s Make a Deal. You must choose one of three doors, behind one of which is a brand new automobile (while the other two harbor goats). You choose door number one. Host Monty Hall, who knows what is behind all the doors, shows you what’s behind door number two, a goat, then inquires: would you like keep the door you chose or switch? It’s 50/50 so it doesn’t matter, right? (continue reading…)
intuition, Myers, psychology, thin slicing