I finally watched 12 Angry Men this morning.  Like many others, a lot jumped out at me, including Ladder of Inference and Knower v Learner.

Some thoughts:

-the final juror to change his mind (no clue on name) was so deep in the Knower mindset he’d do anything not to be seen as vulnerable by his peers. I loved how they portrayed his “keep it big picture” and the “details don’t matter” mentality, i.e., his tendency for generalizing vs. the architect’s call for precision (for an architect, every detail matters). The final juror respected the stock broker because he thought he was smart, and echoed everything he said to sound smart

-setting aside race and gender (it was an all white male jury) and focusing more on Understanding People, the personalities of the jurors seemed to me to represent a wide array of world views and societal attitudes (e.g., foreman/coach = Green, Ad Exec = Orange, immigrant juror = Blue, Last juror = Red, etc.)

-I like how the kid on trial is never proved innocent. The whole movie is about getting the jury to realize what their mandate is — determining whether the burden of proof was met (beyond a reasonable doubt).  At the end of the day, the kid could have in fact killed his father, and all the jury was charged with was to adhere to the standards of our democracy (see also words written on the courthouse at the beginning of the film) and see past personal biases

-other themes were group think and the bystander effect - the initial vote at the beginning and the hesitating hands going up on some; making the assumption the lawyers are smart and experts and therefore would have raised certain points, etc.

Ryan Farha
Managing Director, Legal
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On Oct 13, 2017, at 6:16 PM, Gunnerson, Erik <EGunnerson@marinercapital.com<mailto:EGunnerson@marinercapital.com>> wrote:

I enjoyed watching the 12 Angry Men movie.  I had never seen it before, so it was totally new to me. The most significant insight for me was the importance of the “telling ourselves stories” aspect throughout the movie.  I enjoyed watching how the jurors automatically assumed the others’ opinions and backgrounds.  I think this entire film was a good reminder to me of this concept and how it can unknowingly play a role in our day to day.

Erik Gunnerson
Managing Director
Mariner Investment Group, LLC
1717 Main Street, Suite 900
Dallas, TX  75201
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C: 646 704 4224

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