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Was reading today about why analyzing the reasons why we like something can cause us to make worse choices

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Naomi K
Jan 29, 2015
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'Your hindsight is no longer 20/20.'

Was reading today about the introspection bias, wherein people are really bad at figuring out the actual reasons why they like things. As an illustration, take the following experiment:

Tim Wilson at UVA ... brought a group of students into a room and showed them a series of posters. The students were told they could take any one they wanted as a gift an…

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