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Counter Factual Thinking
Regret is a form of counter factual thinking, so we think counter to the facts. If only i hadn't married that guys, how could things have been better? But you can also do a downward counter factul. At least i stayed in that marriage only a year, right? How could it have been worse? And there's some fascinating research, fairly familiar now, but well validated, is about olympic athletes. Bronze metalists look happier than silver metalists. The silver metalists, objectively, unequivocally, have out performed them. It's incredible. You can't imagine a raccoon doing counter factual thinking,. It's something that our species does. Once again, why