How do we decide what's interesting? Someone shows me a little bottle: "this ointment cures hair-loss." I won't investigate further. He shows me before/after pictures. Not interested. He says "there are 80,000 books written about it." I'll just keep walking. Closed-minded?
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Replying to @ole_b_peters
pattern recognition (or conformity thinking) tells you it's not worth your time
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Yes, but I think that wasn't my question. Let me re-phrase: what would tell me that I should buy the bottle? The man has a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine? He has lots of hair everywhere? He drives a Ferrari? He seems otherwise reasonable? I never believed in hair-loss?
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Replying to @ole_b_peters
Tough for me to answer because I lack tons of context: - Are you even losing your hair? I have no idea. - Are you watching him on TV? A street hawker? I think the simplest correct answer to "what would tell me that I should buy the bottle?" is A trusted friend's recommendation
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Yes, that keeps coming up. And I think I agree. The assumption is the friend has no ulterior motive; he may still be ignorant about hair products, though...
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
... and some hair on his head would add credibility.
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