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TWO_LEVEL

                                              January 14, 2003

Two levels, two layers
of attention.

   Rough/Fine                         In a carpentry project,
                                      you don't start in with
   Quick Look/                        the fine sandpaper.
   Close Focus
                                          First you shape the wood
Before you can engage the                 with rough tools like a rasp,
scientific method, you need               then use a file, then go to
to get through the academic               coarse sandpaper...
credential game.

  It's a logical fallacy to dismiss
  a statement based on the academic            A slight variation:
  status of the speaker;
                                               (1) Skimming through the
  But it's a practical necessity                   deck of resumes
  to apply some form of preliminary
  screening before you can engage              (2) Interviewing candidates
  the close focus of the scientific
  community.                                   (3) Co-worker discussions


        Drawbacks to these                         Three levels of
        approaches: if you're                      increasing attention.
        going to worry about
        bias, study that
        preliminary screening
        stage.                                       Personal applications?

                                                     Two inboxes:

                                                         Just In.
                                                         All the Way In.
                               FIRST13


                                                             (head and fist?)





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