Could we settle for instinct versus intuition? I could tell you
something about my allergies in turn.

On 18 Apr., 16:10, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...being alergic to dogs, perhaps one can conclude that I'm alergic to
> crime too?....perhaps not.
> The first part of the question here is the troller's hook..."Are you
> right to trust your instincts if...."
>
> Who doesn't trust 'em? If not, why not? They are the highest
> subjectivity can go without jumping into enlightened thinking!
>
> On Apr 18, 6:42 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > ARE you right to trust your instincts if you cross the street when you
> > encounter a snarling pit bull with an equally forbidding owner? A new
> > study suggests that the owners of so-called "vicious" dogs commit more
> > crimes than those who do not own such a dog.
>
> > Laurie Ragatz and her colleagues at the University of West Virginia in
> > Morgantown examined whether owners of vicious dogs - those classed by
> > the American Kennel Club as breeds with a high risk of causing injury
> > to humans - were different in personality and behaviour to others.
> > Their online questionnaire of 758 students, 563 of whom owned dogs,
> > revealed owners of vicious dogs were significantly more likely to
> > admit crimes such as vandalism, illegal drug use and fighting than
> > other dog owners and those without dogs (Journal of Forensic Sciences,
> > DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01001.x).
>
> > Hardly surprising.  Perhaps we could guess each other's dog?  I hope
> > all would guess I own Grommet(from Wallace and Grommet), though
> > suspect I might be seen as harbouring a rottweiler-pitbull!  Does
> > Molly's poodle have a 'pitbull shadow'?  Does Chris' domesticated
> > african hunting dog do ganga?
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