> The surprising thing to me is how far this can get you.
There was that study a while ago that triggered the NPC meme. The common interpretation was that most people only think in the first way you described.
There was that study a while ago that triggered the NPC meme. The common interpretation was that most people only think in the first way you described.
https://hurlburt.faculty.unlv.edu/heavey-hurlburt-2008.pdf
If so, the interpretation you describe seems pretty far off base.
Also, my impression is that that meme was not sparked by a psychological study, but that a few people did draw on this study to justify it.
And I thought what kicked it off was from only a few years before at most.
Haha, from my own experience, this actually rings true for some “simple” people I know.