In the movie, 12 Angry Men, a lesson that is taught is to check your intuitions-neither dismiss them, nor trust them blindly. In the movie, 11 of the jurors went with their first intuition that the boy was guilty. This turned out to be wrong in the end (as far as we know) and the jurors made the mistake of trusting their intuitions "blindly". Another example is the man who kept changing his mind as to whether he thought the defendant was guilty or innocent. He could not decide whether to go with his intuition or to dismiss it. Intuitions can sometimes be trusted, but sometimes need to be dismissed. We need to check it often to determine whether it really is correct or not. Another theme is that there can be
In the movie, 12 Angry Men, a lesson that is taught is to check your intuitions-neither dismiss them, nor trust them blindly. In the movie, 11 of the jurors went with their first intuition that the boy was guilty. This turned out to be wrong in the end (as far as we know) and the jurors made the mistake of trusting their intuitions "blindly". Another example is the man who kept changing his mind as to whether he thought the defendant was guilty or innocent. He could not decide whether to go with his intuition or to dismiss it. Intuitions can sometimes be trusted, but sometimes need to be dismissed. We need to check it often to determine whether it really is correct or not. Another theme is that there can be