**Using short bursts of experience to Induce your way to a general truth.** Thin Slicing is using [[Inductive vs Deductive|Inductive reasoning]] to arrive at general truths about a system (usually a person) based on patterns observed in small windows of experience. Thin Slicing can be carried out systematically, using the conscious thinking mind (as in the John [[Gottman Marriage Study]]) and is also carried out constantly by the more basic parts of the brain, the [[Adaptive Unconscious]], using [[Emotional Algorithms]]. # Other Examples from [[Blink]] - German telegraph operators were individually identifiable by the cadence of their beeps and boops - Malpractice Suits predicted by a doctor's tone of voice alone - Your room is more telling than your friendship **** # More ## Source - [[Blink]] ## Related - [[Adaptive Unconscious]] - [[Emotional Algorithms]] - [[Inductive vs Deductive]] - [[Gottman Marriage Study]]