Why embracing change is the key to happiness

bbc.co.uk

3 pointsstehat2 comments

The opening example the author provides is a completely inapt for their premise. In the example, the choice is between a box containing the object of your desire and emptiness; happiness and nothing. Life rarely presents us with this type of choice.

A better exercise would have been if the two empty boxes contained something unknown, but not empty.

Also, can someone explain this to me?

> Switching from Box A to Box C won't guarantee success, but will massively improve its odds.

Why would switching choices increase the odds of success?

I saw Derren Brown perform a trick in which he stated that it was proven in maths that changing your mind is the better thing to do.

He presents 3 boxes, you pick one. He eliminates one and asks if you want to change. You are going from a 33% chance to a 50% chance, plus most people think they are being double bluffed.

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