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The human mind has evolved [[heuristics]] which allow weighting of information based upon its perceived authority. For instance, story of the BOY who cried wolf, might have ended differently if the protagonist was it was a middle aged doctor in a lab coat<ref>Chaput de Saintonge DM, Herxheimer A. Harmessing placebo effects in health care. Lancet. 1994;344:995–8. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]</ref>. We have negative weighting to younger people when exchanging information, it seems the older a person is the more wisdom and weight | The human mind has evolved [[heuristics]] which allow weighting of information based upon its perceived authority. For instance, story of the BOY who cried wolf, might have ended differently if the protagonist was it was a middle aged doctor in a lab coat<ref>Chaput de Saintonge DM, Herxheimer A. Harmessing placebo effects in health care. Lancet. 1994;344:995–8. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]</ref>. We have negative weighting to younger people when exchanging information, it seems the older a person is the more wisdom and weight | ||
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