We talk about not judging others, but it isn’t always practical in the real world. When someone walks into a room, within seconds you form a picture of who you think they are.
This is useful on many levels, mostly for safety. If someone comes in your proximity and they could threaten you in some way, it is good to be able to sense this in advance. Sometimes those feelings we get about others can save us some problems, whether they are immediate ones or not.
What are these judgments based on though? What is it about a person that allows us to form opinions about who they are and what they could mean to us without even talking to them?
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