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This is an extreme case, but not an unusual one. People draw conclusions about people with very little information. They then carry on to believe that their con
by everdrive 6y ago
This is an extreme case, but not an unusual one. People draw conclusions about people with very little information. They then carry on to believe that their conclusions have real weight, and are based in fact. It's part of why there were always be socially fluid types and con artists.
- cutemonster 6y agoIt's as if directly when they draw some random conclusion about someone, they stop thinking, stop evaluating that person any more. And they go on believing forever that that weird first random idea they got, was right. (I might be exaggerating a bit.)
- oceanghost 6y agoI know this isn't quite your point, but I can't tell you how many jobs I've not been offered due to missing some trivia question and the interviewer deciding my fate based on that.
- everdrive 6y agoI have a lot of anxiety about getting my next job, due to this and other reasons. "But you're well-qualified," my friends will say. Yes, but interviewers are capricious and irrational.