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Jessica Chang 3- Spontaneity is not random. How good people's decisions are under fast-moving conditions of rapid cognition is a function of training, rules, and rehearsal. Do you think in a fast paced decision-making problem, without any rehearsal, would be significantly bad?

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Jessica Chang 2- Millennium challenge is a great case study for the clash between the conscious, rational mind and the unconscious, intuitive mind. which means good decision making requires a balance of thoughtful and instinctive thinking. In the text it states " The disturbing thing about the test is that it shows that our conscious attitudes may be utterly incompatible with our stated conscious values." (85). Do you think that thin-slicing is based on an unconscious decision or conscious judgement?

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Jessica Chang 1- Is it possible to prepare for last minute scenarios? I think that with practice you can make quick decisions. In the text it says "basketball is an intricate high speed game filled with split second, spontaneous decisions. But that spontaneity is possible only when everyone first engages in hours of highly repetitive and structured practice." (114) by "running plays" over and over again basketball players are prepared to make important decisions in a matter of seconds

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Billy Moonan- 3. I agree with Alex because he explains how people thin slice on peoples names and can automatically infer that they are ether a boy or a girl. This shows how people can be mean and automatically expect a boy when it could be a girl with a boy name.

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Billy Moonan- 2. I agree with Dylan because on page 72 it states,"Harding was worth looking at." This shows that whoever is looking at Harding is thin slicing him because he only likes the way that he looks and does not know anything about his personality.

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Billy Moonan- 1. I agree with Dylan because on page 72 it states,"Harding was worth looking at." This shows that whoever is looking at Harding is thin slicing him because he only likes the way that he looks and does not know anything about his personality.

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I agree with Omeed because it States,"Male or career, female or family." This shows how people can thin slice names really easily and see if people have a career or stay at home all day or if they are a boy or girl.

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Dylan Rechtman:

1. The unconscious can block you from thinking the way you want without you even knowing it, on pages 68-70 the author talked about a mauir test, this test was hard until they received a subconscious hint from the proctor. Has there been a time when you were struggling but then something clicked, why didn't you know before?

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Dylan Rechtman:

1. How far would you go when it comes to trusting your thin slice? There are so many factors that may cause you to thin slice the wrong way.

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Dylan Rechtman:

1. On pages 75-76 the author comes down on thin slicing and explains why it is also bad. What if we reach a snap judgement too soon? Will it affect the thin slice?

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Amanda Dewey: Do you think we can control snap judgements?

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Jack Lee: I agree with Omeed, i feel everybody is biased and have different reasons and factors on why we judge people. I feel our society judges on groups of people and not indivuals

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Miranda Ward: The idea that your first thought is what society wants you to think, and the second is your true belief is extremely powerful. I really love that concept.

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Elizabeth Pitter: Snap decisions can be both made on past practice and spontaneous. Using very little information, a consensus is reached. Much like a search made online can give over 1,000,000 results instantaneously despite having to scan through every word for a matching term to the search made, human minds pick out specific information to make a decision and/or make an accurate prediction.

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Caroline Dorrell      I agree with Shani that our environment affects us. In the text on page 53 "scattered throughout it are certain words, such as worried, Florida, old, gray, bingo, and wrinkle. You thought i was just making you take a language test. But in fact, I was also doing was making the big computer in your brain, your adaptive unconscious, think about being old." This means that certain stimuli, like words, images can influence people to change their behavior to match that certain thing.

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Brittain Lee- There was a quote in a Time Magazine online article, that says "the artificial grasp on how we approach individuals in just one meeting, is the basis on how we view someone later, despite further interactions with the person, that first impression is always there." This opens up a question here, Do y'all think that even if there was a bad first impression by someone, that later when they spend more time with that person and show them there better personality, that the other individual will still hold on to that experience or ultimately forget about it.

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Zurena Tang: Question: Do you believe that priming causes a change with thin slicing?

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Amanda Dewey: "Snap judgments are, first of all, enormously quick: they rely on the thinnest slices of experience."page.50. Thin slicing is extremely quick and can be spontaneous.

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Jack Lee: In chapter 2, it talks about how everybody should have an intuitive mind. In my article by Finerminds.com, it talks about how stress is the major factor in not have an intuitive, clean mind. The article says that we should take periods of time throughout the day to have moments of peace, and solitude in order to keep an intutive mind.

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Miranda Ward : In the text, according to page 114, Gladwell and the acting troupe explain that split second decisions (similar to snap decisions made by athletes) are built on the foundation of "highly repetitive and structured practice." If all snap decisions are made on past practice, do you think snap decisions  are ever really "snap" or spontaneous?

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Miranda Ward : According to page 114, Gladwell and the acting troupe explain that split second decisions (similar to snap decisions made by athletes) are built on the foundation of "highly repetitive and structured practice." If all snap decisions are made on past practice, do you think snap decisions  are ever really "snap" or spontaneous?

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Miranda Ward : According to page 114, Gladwell and the acting troupe explain that split second decisions (similar to snap decisions made by athletes) are built on the foundation of "highly repetitive and structured practice." If all snap decisions are made on past practice, do you think snap decisions are ever really spontaneous?

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Knox Odendahl: Do you really think there is a big difference between priming and thin-slicing?

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Brittain Lee- In a article by ThinkScience.com, it talks how relationships through speed dating might be immediately and at first effective. but in the long run, through experiments, it is found that speed dating ranks in the bottom of couples staying together after a period of 2 years. This shows how snap judgement reflect on speed dating, because the first impression might be everything, and at the time base your relationship of of it. But at the end of the road, so many couples break up, because they through time end up seeing who the person really is, and how their first impression melts away as they spend more and more time with that person.

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Miranda Ward: If the priming is NEGATIVE, is that when it becomes brainwashing?

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Elizabeth Pitter: I disagree with Shani. As brainwashing is defined as "to make (someone) adopt radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible pressure," (Oxford dictionary) giving someone a compliment is often a strategy used by cult leaders to lure victims. Brainwashing does not depend on what the brainwasher's motive is, therefore, complimenting someone is a contributing factor to successfully brainwashing someone.

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People who are brainwashed have NO choice

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Answer to Knox: Rohan: Your thoughts and actions can somewhat define who you are. If you rob a bank, people can clearly tell what type of person you are.

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It was hard to recover from that after that situation

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Amanda Dewey: In the text it says "Decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately." This means that we take action quickly and that snap judgments are usually not cautious.

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Christine Lee                    In the text, on page 61, Malcolm Gladwell stated that in speed dating, if a person meets someone they like, that person's preferences will change. Why do you think that their overall preferences change from that one person or meeting, and have you ever changed your preferences for certain things after a certain encounter with a person?

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Jack Lee: How we talk about in the first discussion, in my article BG Falcon Media, it talked about how the one quality we must have when around others is empathy. We must not make snap decisions and judge people on first impressions because we don't know what they could be going through in their life

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Christine Lee                     To answer Katherine's question on if I changed my thoughts on someone from my first impression on them. Yes, I have changed my thought toward someone after their first impressions, but it did take a long time to forget about the first impression because it was our very first interaction and all I could think about was that event.

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but do you even have the option to not use snap judgements? Adam Wasti

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Knox Odendahl: In an article that I chose to read, it asks a question that technically does not have an answer. The question is, "Do you think that humans are DEFINED by their beliefs, actions or decisions?" What is your opinion/answer to that question?

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Jennifer Lee: I compeletly think that first impressions about someone can set the whole relationship for later on. Although we can still try to change the attitude or thoughts about the first impression, I believe our subconscious will never let go of the way thought about the person when they made thier first impressions.

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Answer to what Catherine said: Rohan Bhatia: I have changed my first impression with my karate teacher. I feel I am disliked by him a little because I screamed at him because I thought he was making a big mistake.

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Brittain Lee- I agree with Tyler and Catherine, in the sense that we thin slice people off of some of what we have learned off others, whether it be the media, or celebrities, or etc. It is also of what we think, but things like looking down on someone because of their looks, or height, or skin color, comes a lot from  what society teaches us, and it can also depend on what society you surround yourself around.

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Rohan Bhatia That belief is due to some racism

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Adam Wasti: do you think that these stimuli being released in our brains gives the illusion of free will?

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Elizabeth Pitter: I think that superstitions have been created to justify thin-slicing. In the text, it is stated that "...our unconscious attitudes may be utterly incompatible with our stated conscious values" (85). People make up things to "prove" that their gut feelings are correct, despite decisions made unconsciously and consciously can be incompatible.

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Ermina Murshedi In chapter 2, John Bargh did an experiment on college students and tried to see how race can affect a student's test scores by putting them in a certain state of mind. "It is because to be white and attend a prestigious high school is to be constantly primed with the idea of 'smart'" (pg. 57)

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A factor to that is racism.

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Shani Gilad:   I agree with Jennifer because certain words, events, and actions can make a person act differently in any situation.

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Ermina Murshedi To answer Josie, I feel that speed dating is mostly based on first impressions, so if they seem interesting, you'll want to get to know them better and go on another date.

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Tyler luo i agree with how judging a couple for 2 minutes does not tell the entire story but we will make assumptions based on the 2 minutes

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Ermina Murshedi Do you think thin-slicing and snap judgements affect superstitions?

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Tyler luo i believe that expierences in life may change and alter your thin slicing techniques

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Zurena Tang: to add on to what Adam has said... in the website that was given it stated: "Gollwitzer ran a final experiment in which priming the idea of speed led to faster driving and more errors... by contrast, those who had a detailed plan... were immune to the perilous seed cues." This shows that priming that effects the snap judgements can cause more errors.

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Josie Wittling: From the question that Christine asked about if speed dating is accurate, i would like to add that yes it can be accurate, but do you think that maybe it was just a coincidence that these people were good together. Because most of the out comes of speed dating is negative. Or could it be that speed dating is an actual good way to date?

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Alex Evans: I agree with Omeed and Knox because the definition of a theory is "a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained." This further explains that a theory must be backed up by scientifical evidence and proven facts, so there must be reasoning behind all theories.

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Ermina Murshedi How do you think thin-slicing affects soldiers?

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Tyler Luo i agree that it is important to use your consious mind but it is also important to use your gut instinct since it may help you in a tight situation

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Max Ou: I agree with Adam's question about if we have control over whether or not we want to use snap judgements and I think that we don't have control over whether or not we want to use snap judgements because as soon as we see someone do something or if we look at them, a thought immediately comes to our minds about what we think about them.

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Alex Evans :For everyone in the discussion, what is the biggest factor in driving decisions and making judgements?

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Elizabeth Pitter: I think that prior (biased) information affects thin-slicing. In the text, there was a study done known as the IAT. The test showed unconscious biases within the test taker, and that bias affects the amount of correct answers.

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Omeed Kalan: Agreeing with Knox, a theory requires facts and evidence and it is not just some idea.

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Ermina Murshedi To what Miranda had asked, I don't think that gut decisions and snap decisions can't be scientifically proven.

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Harshini Kelam To answer the question Amanda asked I think you could try to answer things but you most likely can't really explain because in the text the author stated that when a experiment on a girl's type was asked she said she liked one type but later changed it when she was with another guy but went back to the same type later. She got confused when asked to explain her type so it shows that once you are asked you could most likely be confused on what you think and how to explain it.

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Shani Gilad:  In chapter three, the argument is brought up that there is a "dark side of rapid cognition". Summed up, this basically means that people base their ideas on bad evidence. How can this be an action? How do any of these things (priming, snap judgments) impact someone but yourself and your decisions?

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Tyler luo I agree with christine that there would be things we can"t understand but it would always happen but we just couldnt explain using our limited language

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Max Ou: "I think that there are facts about people’s appearance-their size or shape or color or sex-that can trigger a very similar set of powerful associations. Many people who looked at Warren Harding saw how extraordinarily handsome and distinguished-looking he was and jumped to the immediate-and entirely unwarranted-conclusion that he was a man of courage and intelligence and integrity." (page 36 of the pdf version) I believe that this quote is a great example of snap judgements because people saw Warren Harding and immediately thought that he was going to be a great leader.

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Catherine Hannah - I disagree with Harshini Kelam - I think that speed dating could show you how you instantly connect with a person and reveal true love like out discussion about Romeo and Juliet.

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Kaylan Williams I don't think thin slicing is a good way to always go through life because sometimes your gut can lead you in the right direction, but also sometimes it wont and things take more planning through.

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Henry Brandberg - I think that people may try to explain things that are seemingly not explainable be because humans naturally are trying to seek an explanation. We are constantly trying to solve mysteries and understand the world around us. This relates to snap judgement explanations being unconvincing because some things will never be explained but we will always try to find the answers to the impossible.

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Tyler Luo I agree that it would be very hard to change your opinion of someone after your first impression.

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If you wave at someone in the hall and they don't wave back you would get pretty mad, right coln

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Alex Evans: I completely agree with Stratton because if people in the world had the power to control everything, including their actions and dreams, then the world would be a completely different place because there wouldn't be bad first impressions, and no bad snap judgements. Also, snap judgements completely reflect more on your own character, rather than the character of the person you are judging.

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Catherine Hannah - to the quote i just wrote - My question is have you ever interpreted something wrong and did it end your relationship.

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Harshini Kelam I don't think speed dating is not effective because in the text it says that you mostly judge a person first on their appearance and that won't accurately show how a person as a whole is. This means when you speed date you would judge them on their appearances and you probably won't last too long when you find out their real character and you might not like it. And as Jennifer said yes when you have a first impression it does stick with you a lot but you can always change it.

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Zurena Tang: responding to Miranda's question... people will try to explain why Vic branded could predict tennis double faults. Chapter 2 of blink explains a reason why Vic was able to predict. Priming affects the brain by a single stimulus. The signal the brain picks up previously is scientifically shown that it has an influence on the reaction response.

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Max: I disagree with Jennifer because first impressions can be improved later on but I do think that it takes a lot of time to fix.

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Shani Gilad: Do you believe that when you make snap judgments or when priming is occurring, you lose some of your free will? Is free will dented by your unconscious opinions?

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Ethan Poisson I agree with Knox when he was talking about being able to control snap judgments. In the text Gladwell says "Snap judgments and rapid cognition take place behind a locked door." (51) This, however, could be implying that we can, in fact, control snap judgments and place them behind a "locked door".

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From the question that Christine asked about if speed dating is accurate, i would like to add that yes it can be accurate, but do you think that maybe it was just a coincidence that these people were good together. Because most of the out comes of speed dating is negative. Or could it be that speed dating is an actual good way to date?

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Catherine Hannah in the text - "When we ask people to explain their thinking - particularly thinking that comes from the unconscious - we need to be careful in how we interpret their answers." (chapter 2)

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Catherine Hannah "When we ask people to explain their thinking - particularly thinking that comes from the unconscious - we need to be careful in how we interpret their answers." (chapter 2)

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Ermina Murshedi In chapter 3, the author discusses the dark side of thin-slicing and talks about how people can make quick judgements, but not dig deeper than the surface. The author talks about Warren Harding, one of the worst presidents in American history, and how people "saw how extraordinarily handsome... he was and jumped to the immediate... conclusion that he was a man of courage and intelligence and integrity." (pg.76)

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Coln Raad: In the text on page 50, Gladwell says "Snap judgments are, first of all, enormously, quick: which rely on the thinnest slices of expierment, but are also unconscious." I believe snap judgments are uncon cious, but include impartial conscious judements. In responce to Jennifer, snap judgements can relate to a persons first impression, and how you can think of that first meeting everytime we see them. Our brain has control over our thoughts and dreams, and we can assume and truly not undermine what we see in snap judements.

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Henry Brandberg - Snap judgments are unconscious feelings but some people can seemingly predict the future and cannot explain it. It is really interesting how they can predict but not know how. Does anybody have any sort of explanation to how this happens?

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Tyler luo I agree with how you cannot fully control your actions because you cannot control your subconsious mind

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Ermina Murshedi: I agree with Henry

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Harshini Kelam I agree with Knox because in the text in Chapter 2 the author states how snap judgement are quick and from a thin experience you can't really control how you think from a quick decision but you can always change that.

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Ethan Poisson In the text on page 50 Gladwell says "Snap judgments are, first of all, enormously quick: they rely on the thinnest slices of experience." Do you think that thin slicing and snap judgments relate to each other?

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Omeed Kalan: I agree with Miranda when she talked about the tests and how they felt down due to their subconscious. That method of "brainwashing" someone is called Priming. In the text on page 55, Malcolm Gladwell said that "Priming is not brainwashing." I disagree with that because by saying certain words at the right moments, you can prime someone and change their time. You are not controlling them but you are on some level brainwashing them.

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Stratton Jennings : pg 11 part 2 of ch 4...... The text was talking about people doing improv (he says that our gut reactions are not random). I really agree with this because our life experiences change the way that we react to things. (my other textual evidence was face to face)

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Ermina Murshedi: I don't think snap judgments are something that you can control. It just comes naturally.

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Henry Brandberg - I agree that snap decisions are gut decisions and cannot truly be scientifically proven because even when people try to explain them, their explanations are never convincing.

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Tyler luo I agree how your gut instinct wouldn"t be prejudice since they rely on unconsious decisions

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