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“People like games that offer low-stakes predictions about their personality” has both more explanatory power and is much more parsimonious than the explanation

“People like games that offer low-stakes predictions about their personality” has both more explanatory power and is much more parsimonious than the explanation you’ve presented. Unless we’re prepared to consider consuming Cosmopolitan an “occult practice” as well, of course.

andrewflnr 3y ago
"People like games that xyz" is a conclusion, not an explanation. Why do people like them?
- woodruffw 3y ago
  Why do people like cotton candy?
  - grondo4 3y ago
    Sugar releases dopamine in the brain.
    - woodruffw 3y ago
      Thus to Cosmopolitan; thus to being told that the celestial bodies will grant you true love.
    - svnt 3y ago
      Why does sugar release dopamine in the brain?