We Are Strangers to Ourselves, Says Study
cityfile · 03/20/09 09:15AMThat precious image you have of yourself as a unique, discerning, free-thinking individual who's guided by your own particular tastes and idiosyncrasies? Sorry to crush one of the few delusions that makes life worth living, but it's a total fantasy, at least according to Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, whose book Stumbling on Happiness insisted that people have no idea what will make them happy. He's now conducted research to prove that, even when it comes to romance, we're better off going by the experience and advice of others, rather than trusting our own minds. And just to lend further authority to the study, it involved speed dating!