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by kentlyons 1275 days ago
The actual paper says something slightly different: "Fortunately, the same research that demonstrates people's pessimism about talking to strangers also shows that this pessimism is often misplaced—strangers are more willing to talk than people anticipate (Cooney et al., 2021; Epley & Schroeder, 2014; Sandstrom & Boothby, 2021; Schroeder et al., 2021), conversations tend to go overwhelmingly better than people predict (Epley & Schroeder, 2014; Sandstrom & Boothby, 2021; Sandstrom & Dunn, 2014)"