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[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I almost didn't finish a PhD because of this. It's like telling people about makes it feel like you've accomplished something and made some progress on it - when that's factually wrong.

I'm sure that there's a name for this phenomenon, something in psychology.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

I'm not gonna go hunting for it, but I'm pretty sure this has been studied and you're spot on.

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