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Alas, we think of ourselves as unique entities-minds unlike any others-and thus we often reject the lessons that the emotional experience of others has to teach us.

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Daniel Gilbert
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 5
Psychologist
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the United States of America
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Daniel Todd Gilbert
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