Hollywood Boulevard, for example, which is a very famous tourist site here in Los Angeles, people have a lot of preconceived notions about what that's like.
And I think, actually, one of the huge advantages we had was, you know, there was no preconceived idea about how an all-female crew would sail around the world.
Bacon believed that people begin research with preconceived ideas of their findings, which can lead a person to skew evidence, whether or not the scientist is conscious of it.
And so I wondered, is there a way to ask, why do we stigmatize and slut shame and have all the, you know, kind of notions, preconceived notions, that we do.
Spider-Man: No Way Home had transported me on a journey that challenged my preconceived notions of right and wrong, of the boundaries that divide us, and of the limitless potential that lies within the human spirit.
But only one figure was in sight, that of a youngish, slightly built man, who, for reasons she could not on the spot have specified, did not remotely resemble her preconceived notion of an authority on hot-house boilers.