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#742 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 17 Shocking Lessons About Human Psychology
Modern Wisdom
Psychological Experiments on Compensatory Control
Psychologists have conducted experiments revealing that in times of uncertainty, individuals tend to seek compensatory control by attributing events to higher powers or creating patterns where there are none. People facing uncertain situations tend to believe in the influence of God or see connections between random events to reintroduce order into their lives. This phenomenon, named compensatory control, explains the tendency to turn to superstitions or conspiracy theories when faced with randomness, as it is challenging to accept that important events can be influenced by random factors.
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