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Jul 2025
57m 44s

Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink"

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
About this episode
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 scie ... Show More
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