The Problem with Solving Problems

Originally shared by Neuroscience News

The Problem with Solving Problems

When problems become rare, we count more things as problems. Our studies suggest that when the world gets better, we become harsher critics of it, and this can cause us to mistakenly conclude that it hasn’t actually gotten better at all.

The research is in Science. (full access paywall)

https://neurosciencenews.com/problem-solving-9484/

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