“Just how successful are we at seeing the world as others see it? Apparently, we are nowhere near as good as we think we are. In his book ‘Mindwise,’ the psychologist Nicholas Epley discusses experiments in which people were asked to judge the thoughts of strangers. These included asking speed daters…”
“Maybe one of the most heartening findings from the psychology of pleasure is there’s more to looking good than your physical appearance. If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that their husband or wife looks much better than anyone else…”Tagged: TED, Talks, Happiness, Philosophy, Psychology