The Pygmalion Effect: How Expectations Create Outcomes

January 30
4 mins

Episode Description

In an ancient poem written by the Roman poet Ovid, a sculptor named Pygmalion grows disillusioned with the women of his society.


Rather than compromise on a relationship, he dedicates himself to his work.


One day, he crafts a sculpture of a woman from ivory. His work is so vivid and lifelike that the sculpture surpasses the beauty of any woman he has ever known...


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