Blink - Entry 3

For once, I can honestly say I loved this book. I'm not really that much of an enthusiastic reader, but this book was so different than anything I have ever read before. Not just the theme of the book, consisting of a topic I am very interested in, but the overall message blended in to the stories didn't come clean until the end, which is what I liked the most. Gladwell uses very distinct tools in order show how the book is classified as non-fiction. First of all, the book is full of research and experiments done in order to support his ideas of why the brain works the way it does. He also references multiple prestigious organizations, professors, and scientists, such as Yale University's Child Study Center, the University of Missouri's top criminologist David Klinger, and Ap Dijksterhuis, a psychologist from the University of Amsterdam.  By reading this book, I have opened myself up to a whole new world. The topics brought up and discussed were ones that I had never really thought about until now. Everything I thought I knew I am now questioning, realizing that everything is so much more than what it seems. At the end of the book, Gladwell writes, "Once we know about how the mind works - and about the strengths and weaknesses of human judgement - it is our responsibility to act" (276). This book has taught me so many things, and has opened my eyes to a whole new perspective. I would without a doubt recommend this book to anyone, interested in neuroscience and psychology or not, this book is worth a read.