"When he is starting to write a movie, he says he just sits there at the typewriter waiting for a thought bubble to emerge over his head that will finally get his fingers dancing across the keys."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

We can recognize the thought bubble as an unspoken assumption and seek new data to test it for validity.

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And the more intense the emotion, the more powerful the thought bubble and the stronger your belief in its validity.

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When we pause to examine a thought bubble, we can use our brain to layer logic on top of the emotion.

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