I guess thin-slicing is still largely built into us, no matter far are we into the evolution chain. But the probabilty of failing to thin-slice correctly, is not restricted to police officers.
From the Book: blink
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Gladwell explains how an expert's ability to "thin slice" can be corrupted by their likes and dislikes, prejudices and stereotypes (even unconscious ones), and how they can be overloaded by too much information. Two particular forms of unconscious bias Gladwell discusses are Implicit Association Tests and psychological priming. Gladwell also tells us about our instinctive ability to mind read, which is how we can get to know what emotions a person is feeling just by looking at his or her face.
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It's very innate I believe. But anyway its difficult to be a police officer these days too. Those decisions you make.
definition of thin slicing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(book)
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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