In this essay, David G. Meyers, Ph. D., explores the mystery behind the reliability behind intuition and why it is sometimes a force that can't be denied. Our minds operate on two levels: the conscious or deliberate level and the unconscious or automatic level. It seems as if we have two minds: "one for momentary awareness and one for everything else." We tend to follow our first impressions or intuitive thoughts as shown in one research study done at Harvard. Different professors were recorded at the beginning, middle and end of class and then these recordings or "thin slices" were shown to students who then rated them as confidence, energy and warmth. Findings showed that these ratings were very accurate.…
