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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Jackpine Radical

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2. I've served as an expert in many court criminal cases, and

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:58 AM

Nov 2014

my experiences with both juries and many judges has served to confirm my belief in Kahneman's model as well. That is, as a scientific expert, I keep trying to lay out fairly complex realities using System 2 analysis only to have the "deciders of fact" respond with System 1 thinking, reacting to their gut feelings about anything from the defendant's race to the contents of a TV crime show they saw the night before.

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Four toes into the universe of political psychology [View all] Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 OP

Piff & Keltner as well as Western are on the money. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #1

I've served as an expert in many court criminal cases, and Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #2

Kicked & Rec'd /nt demwing Nov 2014 #3

Thank you very much. We need a book list here in PRG. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #4