Mechanism family · v2 taxonomy
Future state forecasting
Patterns involving predictions about future feelings, preferences, and behavior when current or imagined states are an imperfect guide to the future state.
Reviewed mapping
3 canonical entries currently belong to this family.
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Self-AssessmentHot–Cold Empathy Gap – when one state is a poor guide to choices in anotherCold Empathy Gap is the difficulty of predicting preferences, behavior, or experience across different visceral or affective states. In a relatively cold state, people can underappRead entry Cognitive BiasImpact Bias – when you overestimate how long or intense your emotions will bethe tendency to overestimate the intensity and duration of future emotions.Read entry Cognitive BiasProjection Bias – when you assume your future self will want what you want nowthe tendency to overestimate how much your future self will align with your current desires.Read entry
