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memory
Your past self is a stranger you judge harshly.
The end-of-history illusion is our tendency to believe we have reached our final personality despite significant growth over the last decade.
A 2013 study of 19,000 adults found that while people accurately recall how much they changed in the past, they underestimate how much they will change in the future. We mistake our current state for our permanent one.
You are a work in progress you haven't finished yet.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Quoidbach, Gilbert, and Wilson, 2013
- What the check found
- The study (Quoidbach, Gilbert, & Wilson, 2013) is well-documented in psychological literature and the cited figure is accurate to the original research findings.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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