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You believe you have finally finished changing your personality.
In a 2013 study of 7,500 adults, participants consistently underestimated how much their personality, values, and preferences would continue to shift over the next decade.
People recognize they have changed significantly in the past but assume their current self is the finished version. This psychological bias leads individuals to make long-term decisions based on values they will likely abandon in the future.
The person you are today is not the final draft.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Quoidbach, Gilbert, and Wilson, 2013
- What the check found
- The study (Quoidbach, Gilbert, & Wilson, 2013) correctly identifies the 'End of History Illusion' with 7,516 participants in its primary cohort.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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