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If We Discovered Life on Another Body Within Our Own

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If we discovered life on another body within our own Solar System, how would this change our perspective on life elsewhere in the universe?


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Behavioral Economists

Researchers who study the psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural, and social factors that affect the economic decisions of individuals and institutions.

Endowment Effect

A cognitive bias where individuals value an owned object higher than its market value simply because they own it.

Anchoring Effect

A cognitive bias in decision-making where individuals rely too heavily on the first piece of information (the "anchor") offered when making decisions.

Behavioral Economics

A field of economics that studies the effects of psychological, social, cognitive, and emotional factors on economic decisions.

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