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The billion dollar question. Why didn't you leave. Couple of weeks ago been talking to a coworker and said him that _sometimes_ people end up in uncomfortable
by xab9 9y ago
The billion dollar question. Why didn't you leave.
Couple of weeks ago been talking to a coworker and said him that _sometimes_ people end up in uncomfortable situations. Family, children, debt, divorce, medical, elderly parents and so on - he said, that's not possible, because people _should_ plan their lives.
- Terr_ 9y agoAh, the Just World Hypothesis. "Something bad happens, you must've screwed up somehow. Just look at me, I'm doing fine and I instinctively know that random good-luck had nothing to do with it."
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoYou forgot the most important psychological part "... and if that wasn't true, then life would be terrifying". People believe in the witchdoctor's raindance because the alternative is to believe your entire life is at the mercy of the random chance of weather and could be destroyed at any moment. Which is true, but hard to deal with mentally.
- RobertoG 9y agoI think that effect it's called by psychologists "fundamental attribution error". It has been studied for years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error
- Sinergy2 9y agoIt's called the Just World Hypothesis and has indeed been studied for decades. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis
- Terr_ 9y agoThey are certainly related, but not quite the same. JWT is based on whether positive or negative outcomes were "deserved" and the extent to which randomness exists. In contrast, FAE touches on what you believe motivated an individual to act, and whether it was innate or circumstantial.
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