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Malcom Gladwell: There is No Absolute Reality

Not really, but sort of.  Since taste (which is one aspect of perception) is subjective, is there a "true" Spaghetti Sauce?  Retailers who make Spaghetti Sauce fail, since people do not want Spaghetti Sauce.  They want what they perceive to be spaghetti sauce.  More and more research is showing that people do indeed perceive "the world" differently.  Maybe that is because there is no The World.  Rather, all that exists is what we perceive to be the world.Even if you don't give a shit about philosophical topics, the video (via T. Smith) provides insight insight market behavior.  I think it's applicable to dating and love, too.  People try to be like everyone else.  It's better to carve out a niche.  Geeks who dress normally and act normally lose out in the dating market...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 14, 2008 (boomark / email).