Seeing through Expert Eyes: Ace decision makers may perceive distinctive worlds

摘要

Fire breaks out in a kitchen located at the back of a house in a quiet neighborhood. Firefighters rush to the scene, drag hoses into the building, and spray water on the flames from the adjacent living room. Like a startled lion, the fire roars back at them and stubbornly burns on. This persistence strikes the lieutenant in charge of the unit as odd. A second round of dousing proves equally ineffective. The firefighters retreat a few steps, as an uneasy feeling grips their lieutenant. No clear-cut signs of danger loom, but his intuition—he calls it his ESP, or extrasensory perception—tells him that they shouldn't be there. The lieutenant gives the order to leave.