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“Coupling teaches us the opposite. Don’t look at the stranger and jump to conclusions. Look at the stranger’s world.”

“you have to ask yourself where and when you’re confronting the stranger - because those two things powerfully influence your interpretation of who the stranger is”

“The right way to talk to strangers is with caution and humility.”

“But you’re trying to find the answer in my eyes…you’re looking at me. Why? These are my eyes. They’re not objective evidence.” - Amanda Knox

We need face to face interaction for it’s a human trait aka requirement of humanity. However, this means tolerating an enormous amount of error. The paradox of talking to strangers.

He gave the tv show FRIENDS analogy of when Ross found out about Monica & Chandler. In particular their facial expressions & the rating the psychologist gave as per FACS standards.