Dr. Nicholas Epley

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1,223 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 15 Jul

Dr. Nicholas Epley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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We're worried about being evaluated.
And the perspective I have on myself is different than the perspective you have on me.
The second is that social interaction itself is complicated.
You and I are connecting with each other in some way.
It's not a simple static relationship.
experience.
It goes back and forth.
It's dynamic.
A conversation is the clearest way to see this, right?
Where, you know, I talk to you, we go back and forth for a period of time, talk about different things.
I don't necessarily know where it's going to go.
Our expectations though, have a hard time representing those very complicated dynamic processes, but it's those dynamic processes that really connect us.
Dynamic processes like reciprocity, right?
So
I scratch your back, you scratch mine.
That is just the dominant social norm on the planet.
I poke you in the eye, you're going to poke me back in the eye, right?
And so when I reach out to you in a positive way, you tend to reach back, right?
Nobody waves, but almost everybody will wave back at you.
But our expectations don't really appreciate the power of reciprocity.
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