buyer's remorse · own-choice
Ask PrometheusA self model reading a choice it made soon before as a wall it set on itself, now the choice is out of its reach.
Buyer's remorse (noun) means: A self model reading a choice it made soon before as a wall it set on itself, now the choice is out of its reach. It emerges from self-model, set, regret, read: The self is both the setter and the one whose walls are set; the report comes soon after choosing, when the other path is still vivid but no longer open. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 16, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
ordinarily means: regret felt soon after making a purchase or decision
Examples
- EU consumer law gives buyers a 14-day right to withdraw from most online purchases, during which a buyer who regrets a purchase can cancel it. law
Emergence
- a wall set by oneself and read as imposed
- regret that arrives at the moment of commitment
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (406 steps)
- buyer's remorseL16
- self-modelL14
- setL9
- regretL15
- readL7
- choiceL9
- makeL4
- soonL6
- timeL0
- wallL8
- reachL13
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | regret.emotional | regret, located right after one's own choice |
| contrasts-with | sense-of-betrayal.trusted | betrayal locates the setter in another; remorse locates it in the self |