I finished Blink by Malcolm Gladwell a while ago. Very provocative. Certainly made me think about the strengths (positive and negative) of our subconscious which "informs" our actions often without our knowing.
On the negative side - do you think you have few biases? That you are not racist or sexist? Why not try some of the tests Gladwell talks about. They can be found at https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
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Well, at very least, I'm open for hearing that I really am what I believe I'm not, or the converse. Taking a coupla tests is the easy part - whether or not the findings should change me in some way is another matter. If 'implicit' doesn't sell me then I suppose 'harvard' ought to. But I'm a bigtime skeptic. Haven't read "Blink" yet but hope to get to it soon.
The tests are really quite interesting but make more sense if you read the book. There is a positive side to this unconscious "knowledge" also which hopefully one can tap. Perhaps that's what happens when we write stories: we tap into that which we know but don't know we know.
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