re: I'm in law enforcement and I stereotype people all day

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And it's saved my life a half dozen times. Even off duty I sort and categorize everyone that comes near me. I use dress, appearance, body posture, age, sex, race and past experiences to develop an informal threat matrix of every person I encounter. This process happens almost instantaneously and subconsciously. In crime-plagued neighborhoods or at night, my situational awareness is ramped even higher.


This is a natural survival instinct which is displayed by every single creature. To not have this instinctive threat assessment is an evolutionary death sentence.

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Yep and sadly in today's culture, you are ostracized for this survivalists mentality because it's "wrong." Well I hope eventually Darwin wins out and the strong actually do survive.