News Summary

• A new study suggests we don't hate conversations as much as we think we do.
• In a series of experiments, pairs of people chatted about a variety of given topics.
• Before each conversation, they were asked to rank how interesting or boring they expected it to be, then afterward they reported how much they actually enjoyed the chat.
• Participants consistently reported that they enjoyed the interactions more than they assumed they would, even for topics they thought would be a snoozefest.
• They were also often surprisingly willing to have another chat with the same person about the same subject in the future.