many new pieces of science are being created every day; among them is the revelation that quick thinking - without the blue-state baggage of 'thinking about thinking' - is far and away the most efficient way of making all decisions. like other science, this is largely true, and yet curiously also mostly false. be wary! science is not a collection of facts or truths: like the bible, it is largely a collection of bullshit, and like the bible it needs your money to survive. the contradictions are part of the complexity.
but the most recent science, about quick thinking, can be applied in many situations in which you need to get shit straight. faced with a choice between four equally attractive males, one of them possibly a relative, who want to go on a date with you? flip a coin. the more authority you're able to wrest from yourself, the more likely you will be to succeed and advance. or, say you're interviewing for a job, and the interviewer asks you, 'why do you want to work here, mark?' is your name not mark? make something up, the first thing that comes to your head. say it convincingly. if it occurs to you at that moment to gesture emphatically, do so. things are hard in the working world, marco, and you're not gonna get this job on the merits, so start using your imagination, or the boyfriend of the CEO's daughter is bound to get the job - and it turns out, just so you know, he's a hard worker and a natural athlete. when he gets dissatisfied with the relationship, and stays in it only so he can keep the job, you're going to be kicking yourself. you had a chance to lie and you wasted it.
that's science. and it's working for you.
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