finding
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finding:the-mirror-of-self-criterion-allows-a-person-with-almost-no-training-after-a-few-hours-to-make-quality-judgments-of-carpets-that-would-normally-require-years-of-connoisseurshipThe mirror-of-self criterion allows a person with almost no training, after a few hours, to make quality judgments of carpets that would normally require years of connoisseurship.
Empirical finding cited in Book 1 regarding oriental carpets, recapitulated in the Mid-Book Appendix to support the universality of the self-criterion.
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- Proposition 2 of the Mid-Book Appendix; the claim that self-likeness is a universal, species-wide measure of life.
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- The reciprocal effect: doing the test deepens self-knowledge and judgment.
- Important caveat about the reliability of the method.
- Describes the transformative potential of the test.
- Load-bearing summary of the paper's central contribution
- Central methodological claim of the chapter, supported by multiple experiments.