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The Expectation Lens

Started by Daniel Miessler · 7 months ago

The expectation lens is a phenomenon that modifies how one perceives a movie. Like myopia and presbyopia it can go two ways:


You expect a movie to be horrible, so it ends up appearing better than it actually was.
You expect a movie to be excellent, so it ends up appearing worse ... Continue reading »

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  • What about the movies that you expect to be good and are in fact good? I'm pretty sure there are a few of those around.


    -- Arik

  • Sure, some movies are good (or bad) enough to negate the effects of the lens.

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