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