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Change Your Counterfact

Change Your Counterfact

Imagine that you walk into a bank. There are 50 other people in the bank. A robber walks in and fires his weapon once. You are shot in the arm.

Is this fortunate or unfortunate?

  • 70% say unfortunate: "how unlucky I happened to be there at that time and I was the one who was shot."
  • 30% say fortunate: "I could have been shot somewhere worse," or "a child could have been shot instead."

The situation is objectively bad. But, both counterfacts are invented by us. This shows we actually have the power in any given situation to consciously select a counterfact that makes us feel fortunate, not helpless.

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Quantum physicist turned beer brewer.

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