Andrew Sullivan's blog pointed me to a magazine article about women marrying the wrong guys, where we can read the following:
According to recent research conducted by Jennifer Gauvain, a therapist inActually, I think this raises at least two questions much more obvious than that. First, has Jennifer Gauvain, a therapist in Denver, ever heard of hindsight bias? Second, when she was conducting her study, did she already know in her gut that her research design is completely useless?
Denver, 30 percent of now-divorced women say they knew in their gut they were
making a mistake as they walked down the isle--and kept walking anyway. Only a
handful backed out. The obvious question: If you know you're marrying the wrong
guy, why do it?
That's pretty funny. You should go ask her--I'm sure she'll protect her precious insight.
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