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221 | Adam Bulley on How Mental Time Travel Makes Us Human
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
How Does Foresight Affect Decisions?
The ability to vividly imagine yourself in the future can influence decisions where outcomes play out only over time. One study found that a patient who couldn't imagine himself in the future discounted rewards and outcomes in the future normally. Other studies have shown that if you ask people to imagine future events while they're making these kinds of decisions, you can shift their discounting curve. This has led to some suggestions that maybe in order to make flexible decisions about time, you need the ability to imagine the future.
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