Here's what Wiki has to say about "Blink":


"It presents in popular science<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_science> format research from psychology<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology> and behavioral economics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economics> on the adaptive unconscious<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_unconscious>; mental processes that work rapidly and automatically from relatively little information. "
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The books I listed as good to read on basic bee biology are based on a LOT of information and careful science...done the old-fashioned way (controls, accurate observations that are recorded and quantified, etc).  It pays to read textbooks, no matter whether you "agree" with them (based on your own "mental processes") or not.  Textbooks have data and facts to back them up, and they offer the training in printed form that we rely on when discussing (or arguing) issues here.  If you have actual data that conflicts with specific issues in the texts, by all means, bring that up.

Christina

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