Scientists have always wondered why the gunfighter who draws second is quicker than the man who draws first. Nobel laureate and quantum physicist Niels Bohr came up with the theory that the one who draws second moves faster because he reacts without thinking. Now from research from psychologists at Birmingham university, this has proved to be right, at least to a point. He who draws in response is 10% up on the proactive shooter. All this will come as no surprise to students of boxing. When I boxed I tried to never lead but wait for a punch then react, it worked better for me, points judges don't like this.
Andrew Welchman 'reactions are faster than conscious thought, in our everday lives, some of the movements we make come about because we decide to make them, while others are forced on us by acting to events, we wanted to know if there was evidence for these reactive movements being swifter than the equivalent proactive ones,'
This ties in to a lot of my theories. I have always judged people more accurately in the first microsecond of meeting them than the next 20 years of getting to know them.
Not only this but it puts Art higher than science.
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