A broken Picker... could it be?!

I am very curious about something... was just reading a different thread when someone mentioned that a woman possibly feels she has a broken... picker.

I think there's a lot of truth to this. What do you do if you've lost faith in your picker, and really feel on guard. That, although a guy is telling you all of these sweet, great things, you're not sure if he's just trying to have sex with you, or just telling you what he thinks you want to hear for some other reason.
The best way to tell this is in time. The guy that is just trying to have sex with you is not going to hang around very long if he is not getting what he is after. The guy that is actually interested in you for the "right" reasons is willing to wait

sometimes, I'm talking to a guy that I'm dating now, and he will say something so absolutely, ridiculously corny, that I think he's reading lines from some 80's Molly Ringwald movie. Part of me wants to just accept his words as they are, and say, in his mind, this is coming out sincere, genuine... then, part of me feels like he's up to something. For instance, we were watching a movie and the main character in the movie looked at the other female lead and just told her all of these great things including that she's beautiful... she was so surprised by this simple comment, that is really struck a nerve with her. I thought it was totally sweet, and gushed a little about the scene. Later that night... he looked me in my eyes, and just said... you're beautiful (kinda similarly to what the guy in the movie did). I had to stop myself from laughing, then I thought... maybe he's sincere.
You know that he is sincere when he tells you, you are beautiful when you have the flu and have not gotten out of bed for the past 3 days and look like death warmed over.

How do you test your picker? 1 year and 100 dates later, I still don't think I'm doing it right. If I really think he's "up to something" I feel paranoid and like I'm not giving him a chance. But, then, I still kinda feel like... is he up to something? I think if we were more confident in our "Pickers" that we wouldn't second-guess a person's actions, right?

For those of you who have strong pickers, how do you do it?
Without knowing each of the people here personally but only through what they write about themselves I would say that most have a defective people picker. You got divorced.
You just have you main criteria and focus on those things, and let the rest go, or do you just go with the flow, and if he turns out to be "up to something," oh well?

Above.

The real test of your people picker is that you take the time to really get to know the person and use that which is between your ears rather than get caught up in the sparks, romance and lust of the moment.

A little advice to people who think they have broken pickers. If you pay attention closely, people will both tell and show you exactly how they are going to treat you in the first month or two that you are dating. He/she may not come out and say "I am going to blame you for all of our problems", but he/she will tell you about how all problems in relationships with such-and-such ex were because of a flaw of theirs. They won't yell at you or abuse you, but they will be unkind to strangers, waiters, etc. They won't come out and say "I am completely self-absorbed", but they won't go out of their way to find out about you or what you want to do. He/she will not admit to be super jealous, but they will be overly concerned about what you do and who you see for it being so early in the relationship.

If someone says "I am not looking for a serious relationship", believe them. If someone says "you are too good for me", believe them. It's important to ask these things early because people are much more chatty about their flaws with someone they barely know than with someone they have decided they want to keep around for a while.
Trust your gut. If you don't feel like your gut is saying anything, STOP DATING. Take time to get in tune with your intuition before you start dating again. You will save yourself so much heartbreak in the long run.