
Episode 42: Decide Already!
Hidden Brain
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Are We Good at Predicting the Future?
Psychologist Daniel Gilbert: People just aren't very good at looking into their future and predicting correctly their emotional reactions to the events that might unfold. We think a dentist appointment will be awful and then it's not so bad. Most of us also underestimate how good we are at rationalizing the decisions that we make.
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