I think you’re reading too much into the results of one study. There are respected claims going around that most published studies are false. I don’t know about that, but we do know there’s a good chance any given cutting-edge study is reporting a false effect. And here you are speculating on the premise that it’s true. Even if it is, which is already dubious, your speculation could still be false.
Also, even if the study is true, and there is a greater immediate hedonic benefit to being spoiled of a story’s ending, it’s still true that people who claim to prefer not being spoilers don’t, much in the same way that you can temporarily enjoy eating fifteen dozen brownies, but it is not likely something you’d prefer forced on you. Consider the difference between the experiential self and the remembered self.
I think you’re reading too much into the results of one study. There are respected claims going around that most published studies are false. I don’t know about that, but we do know there’s a good chance any given cutting-edge study is reporting a false effect. And here you are speculating on the premise that it’s true. Even if it is, which is already dubious, your speculation could still be false.
Also, even if the study is true, and there is a greater immediate hedonic benefit to being spoiled of a story’s ending, it’s still true that people who claim to prefer not being spoilers don’t, much in the same way that you can temporarily enjoy eating fifteen dozen brownies, but it is not likely something you’d prefer forced on you. Consider the difference between the experiential self and the remembered self.