Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Believing in "Bad Vibes"

Imagine that your co-worker has just moved into a new office. The woman who used to work there spent many unhappy months in the office complaining about her job. In fact, she ended up quitting in a fit of rage. Upon moving into the office, your co-worker tells you that she senses some "bad energy" leftover from the previous employee. Would you believe her? Or would you think she's a tad crazy?

Or imagine instead that you're choosing between two apartments. They are identical with one exception: you happen to know that the former tenant in one of the apartments was an extremely happy, joyful person. Would you be more inclined to choose that apartment, based on an expectation that you might experience some lingering good feelings?

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