The eye and brain are conspirators, and, like most conspiracies, theirs is negotiated behind closed doors, in the back room, outside of our awareness.
Daniel GilbertPsychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage.
Daniel GilbertWe don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness.
Daniel GilbertResearch suggests that people are typically unaware of the reasons why they are doing what they are doing, but when asked for a reason, they readily supply one.
Daniel Gilbert