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the snap verdict your brain renders in milliseconds, then spends years defending in court
means The act of forming a considered opinion or decision, or the official decision handed down by a court.
from From Old French 'jugement,' built on 'juger' (to judge), which traces back to Latin 'iudicare' — itself a fusion of 'ius' (law, right) and 'dicere' (to say). So at its root, to judge is literally 'to speak the law.' The shorter spelling 'judgment' has long been favored in legal writing, while 'judgement' lingers in general British use — a small spelling schism that, fittingly, people still argue over.
- split second
- First impressions form in about 100 milliseconds
- day metaphor
- Judgment Day exists across Christian, Islamic, and Zoroastrian belief
- legal weight
- A court judgment can outlive the person who earned it
- the spelling fight
- Britain often adds an extra e: judgement
- decision fatigue
- Tired judges grant parole far less often
nuremberg trials — nazi leaders convicted of war crimes by international military tribunal in 1945-1946
eichmann trial — israeli court convicted adolf eichmann of crimes against humanity in jerusalem, 1961