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sevenhelz at 08:52pm on 04/09/2008
sevenhelz at 08:52pm on 04/09/2008People who get lonely tend to be the same people who anthropomorphise things.
"It turns out," says Epley, gesturing toward the clock on his shelf, "that you're more likely to think that a gadget like that little guy up there has some kind of will and a mind of its own if you're a chronically lonely person."
Well, duh. Surely everyone's worked out by now that the crazy cat lady wasn't always alone? That she talks to her cats because there's no-one else to talk to? Sheesh. The study almost coulda had a point.
"It turns out," says Epley, gesturing toward the clock on his shelf, "that you're more likely to think that a gadget like that little guy up there has some kind of will and a mind of its own if you're a chronically lonely person."
Well, duh. Surely everyone's worked out by now that the crazy cat lady wasn't always alone? That she talks to her cats because there's no-one else to talk to? Sheesh. The study almost coulda had a point.
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