"Will the Real Hooded Man Please Stand Up' - Response

The photo from the article ‘Will the Real Hooded Man Please Stand Up?’ is one of the clear indications of what and how different the human mind thinks, as well as the difference in what they see, thereby leading to their different judgments.

From the photo, one may think that the individual in the picture is being sentenced to death and undergoing torture. This alone is clear that the eyes see what it wants to see and the mind thinks what it wants to given the situation at hand. To prove this, the author uses a different photograph of the head of a duck-rabbit in that whoever sees it as a rabbit then believes that it is a rabbit, and whoever sees it like a duck then believes that it is a duck.

From the article, it is evident that the different judgments of people give different results. For instance, the author of the New York Times published a false report on the real person featured in the picture. This is because lack of his lack of attentiveness and running to conclusions without taking time to understand the real occurrences of the event as well as the actual individual in the picture.

The use of the picture as a logo for advocacy makes an indicator of the impact the picture had on people and the marketing capabilities that it comes with it. Therefore, it is due to the inaccuracy and different judgments in understanding the picture of the man in a hood that no definite conclusion has been made on who it is posing for the picture.

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