Why is this true?

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We come from a species that enjoys the ability to have many choices. We would rather be able to pick from thousands of different things than have only one option allowed to us. But psycologically we always encouter, when we have too many options, what is known as the “paradox of choice” where you feel overwelmed by too many choices and begin to lose satisfaction with your ending result. Give a monkey a banana and he is happy, give a monkey the choice between 8 different banana’s and he will spend all day deciding which one to eat.

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because we always want the beast and if we dont have any choices there’s no problem. problems only come when we make the wrong choice

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Try using psychological terms. There are many Biases and Heuristics that cause this, i want you guys to tell me which ones and why.

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I advise you to be careful when making paradox threads.

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I say it’s because we always ask ourselves “What if I had made some other decision? Would that have harbored a more favorable outcome?" Well, maybe not in those words exactly, but the point remains the same.

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BTW it’s more fun when you don’t give people the name of the paradox so they can’t look it up for the answer

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I’ll be watching...

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And what is that called? It is a specific heuristic.

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How should I know? I don’t study psychology.

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Look it up. There are actually a LOT of right answers to this one. I’m gunna take a shower, I expect at least 1 correct answer when I get back. OH and I don’t study psychology either, I took a basic level psychology class and have a photographic memory.

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Well shower is done, no answers, i’m bored, you guys suck, lol.

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Why?

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Because i’m not him, he is jelous of my paradox madness.

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The human is hard to please, always wanting more.

There is only so much the human brain can handle. The brain overloads with too much information.

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Last edited 16 Jun 2007 06:08 pm by car dice13

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well its kinda the same with the current consoles, like say you buy a wii, you feel unsatisfied because all the games are mini games and the graphics arnt that great.

when you buy a ps3 you feel you paid way too much.

and when you buy a 360 you feel like you made the wrong choice cus u want the features of the wii and ps3

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I’d answer this, or rather try to, but I do not follow it.

I make a choice and accept that it has been made. Regret is not an option. I go with my gut, so to say. For example, on the SAT’s, I don’t sit and wonder “What if?" on another answer to try and fill in, I just bubble the one I concluded first, after thought has been put into formulating that answer of course. Doubt leads to bad things.

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I didnt read the first paragraph !

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I don’t believe man really knows what he wants. That’s why he hesitates when given so many choices.

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and when he gets many choices it is impossible to think through them all so he chooses one that is not perfect but good enough