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afterburner on Feb 1, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Only Interview Question That Matters

I thought Blink primarily showed how first impressions can be more correct than considered and careful reasoning.

czep on Feb 1, 2014 [–]

That was my first impression too.

afterburner on Feb 3, 2014 | [–]

Funny.

Looks like it's about both. It had been a while since I'd read it. The downside of snap judgements is obvious, so I remembered the more interesting part, where trained experts' snap judgements are actually good.

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