Monty by Jim Meddick for January 16, 2012
January 15, 2012
January 17, 2012
Transcript:
Monty: I decided to try speed dating after I read Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink," about the brain's ability to make quick intuitive assessments... in fact, we probably don't even need the 3 minutes they gave us... I already have a good impression of you... and you... hey... they haven't buzzed the buzzer yet... we still have about a minute and a half, and... OK... actually, now I'm getting kind of a bad impression of you...
While both words have the same number of syllables and virtually the same number of letters, saying “no” can take a tenth the time that saying “yes” does. It’s a scientific fact.