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by smcl 1483 days ago
There's also a principle which I cannot remember the name of, where in some situations when confronted with a set of options that are of similar value, if you're forced to make a choice yourself you end up less satisfied than if a random choice was made for you. There was a segment on this in a RadioLab episode a decade ago or so. It makes a bit of sense - you can easily regret a decision you personally make to various degrees, but with something left to chance there's little to regret or stew over.
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Ah yeah sounds like it