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The Science of Regret

A Slight Change of Plans

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Are You Doing Starstruck Fire-Owned Minds?

Maya Angelou: Dan, it's astonishing what our minds can do. She says regret is different from other negative emotions like disappointment or sadness. The big demarcation is agency; regrets are about comparing one set of circumstances to another imagined set of facts and blaming yourself for the outcome. Angelove: Who needs celebrity sightings when you've got the human brain? That's what I say.

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