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Hey,
I am currently reading The Expectation Effect by David Robson.
The book argues that our expectations shape our reality.
Picture this — in a study from Harvard University, participants undertook a standard eye test — which offered a baseline for their sight.
Then they entered a flight simulator and were asked to treat the experience as real as possible and to react in the same way as a real pilot.
Before the simulation, four planes approached from the front and the participants were asked to read the serial numbers on their wings.
These were equivalent to the four lowest lines on a standard eye chart.
Astonishingly, 40% of the participants could correctly read smaller text than what they could on the standard eye chart.
This is similar to the winner effect, which says that the more you win, the more you’ll expect and continue to win.
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26 May 1798 — Income Tax was introduced in Britain — a 10% tax on all incomes over £200 a year. A year later this was dropped to £60.
27 May 1679 — Habeas Corpus Act is passed, which makes it illegal to hold anyone in prison without a trial.
28 May 1842 — Britain’s first public library is opened on Frederick Street, in Salford.
29 May 1871 — Whit Monday became the first official Bank Holiday in Britain (see 25 May)
30 May 1536 — Eleven days after he beheaded his second wife, Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour.
31 May 1859 — The clock in the tower of the Houses of Parliament was started. Big Ben will sound for the first time ever 2 months later on 11 July.
1 June 1946 — Television licences were issued in Britain for the first time; they cost £2. Broadcast receiving licenses, introduced by the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1904, became permanent in 1924. The BBC's television services, starting in 1936, were initially covered by these licenses. During WWII, broadcasts were suspended, but upon their return in 1946, separate TV licenses were introduced.
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