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You overestimate how much you will change in the future.
In a 2013 survey, people recognized how much they changed in the past but insisted their current personality was set for the future.
This is a failure of imagination. It is easy to look backward and see the progress you have made, but it is psychologically difficult to imagine yourself as a different person tomorrow. You view your current self as the final, finished version.
You are a work in progress, but you are currently convinced you are finished.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Quoidbach et al., 2013, Science
- What the check found
- This accurately reflects the core findings of 'The End of History Illusion' (Quoidbach et al., 2013, Science).
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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