From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sun Jan 16 2005 - 10:01:58 PST
1. In Sunday's Book Review: 'Blink,' by Malcolm Gladwell
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Review by DAVID BROOKS
"There is in all of our brains, [Malcolm] Gladwell argues, a
mighty backstage process, which works its will
subconsciously. Through this process we have the capacity to
sift huge amounts of information, blend data, isolate telling
details and come to astonishingly rapid conclusions, even in
the first two seconds of seeing something. ... Gladwell has
us flying around the world and across disciplines at hectic
speed, and he's always dazzling us with fascinating
information and phenomena. ...
"Gladwell is overselling his case. ... [T]here is a great
body of data suggesting that formal statistical analysis is a
much, much better way of predicting everything ... than the
intuition even of experts. ...
"If you want to trust my snap judgment, buy this book: you'll
be delighted. If you want to trust my more reflective second
judgment, buy it: you'll be delighted but frustrated,
troubled and left wanting more."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/books/review/16COVERBR.html?8bu First Chapter
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