Did you know that in the split-second it took you to read the title of this episode, your subconscious already figured out that it was going to be extremely good?

Peter and Michael talk about Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink," a book that is mostly cute scientific anecdotes but also indirectly resulted in millions of taxpayer dollars being wasted on fraudulent science.

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Unconscious influences on decision making: A critical review
Half a Minute: Predicting Teacher Evaluations From Thin Slices of Nonverbal Behavior and Physical Attractiveness
'Thin slices' of life
Conditions for Intuitive Expertise: A Failure to Disagree
Telling More Than We Can Know: Verbal Reports on Mental Processes
Magic at the marketplace: Choice blindness for the taste of jam and the smell of tea
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant
Reading Lies: Nonverbal Communication and Deception
Behavioral Science and Security
TSA Should Limit Future Funding for Behavior Detection Activities
TSA Does Not Have Valid Evidence Supporting Most of the Revised Behavioral Indicators Used in Its Behavior Detection Activities
Telling Lies: Fact, Fiction, and Nonsense
TSA’s Secret Behavior Checklist to Spot Terrorists
A Review of 'Blink' by Malcolm Gladwell

Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

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