The self-described “long-haired goofy skateboard kid” didn’t think he’d be a candidate for singing in operas.

The self-described “long-haired goofy skateboard kid” didn’t think he’d be a candidate for singing in operas.
The self-described “long-haired goofy skateboard kid” didn’t think he’d be a candidate for singing in operas.
The self-described “long-haired goofy skateboard kid” didn’t think he’d be a candidate for singing in operas.
Grossman and his research collaborators found motivated reasoning as one of the root causes of why invitees so often respond to invitations with ‘maybe’ instead of a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no.’