Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Imagine yourself in the place of a judge who needs to decide whether to release a suspect on bail. You are offered to either just get acquainted with the dry facts of the suspect's biography, or meet and talk with him personally, look into his eyes and see the reaction. Many of us will choose the second option, because often we consider the information received through personal contact to be extre...