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Farah Stockman

Deadly certain

George Zimmerman’s fatal flaw was his sense of certainty

By Farah Stockman

 |  Globe Columnist  

  April 03, 2012

Science shows that our unconscious brains make snap judgments about strangers within seconds, based entirely on how they look.

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