From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sun Jan 16 2005 - 18:39:12 GMT
Platt,
Marsha brought this book to our attention some time ago, and it raised some
comment at the time.
It has only just been released, so I've not read it yet either.
You say [Quote]
but it looks to me like "Blink" confirms Pirsig's theory that what we sense
Quality prior to conscious thought. [Unquote]
Was there ever any doubt ? ie
I know. Spare me the long analysis and rationale ... I know already.
Rational logic doesn't make it any more true.
That was my criticism of Gladwell's previous book, which is not to say what
he says isn't true, just already known.
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 3:47 PM
Subject: MD Blink
> Hi All,
>
> An interesting paragraph appears in a review in the NY Times this week of
> the hot new bestseller, "Blink. The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by
> Malcolm Gladwell. See if this doesn't remind you of Pirsig's story about
> students grading the quality of fellow students' papers:
>
> "A psychologist named Nalini Ambady gave students three 10-second
> soundless videotapes of a teacher lecturing. Then she asked the students
> to rate the teacher. Their ratings match the ratings from students who had
> taken the teacher' course for an entire semester. Then she cut the
> videotape back to two seconds and showed it to a new group. The ratings
> still match those of the students who'd sat through the entire term."
>
> I haven't read the book, but it looks to me like "Blink" confirms Pirsig's
> theory that what we sense Quality prior to conscious thought.
>
> Platt
>
>
>
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