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Play Is Just Training You to Do, Right?

This week we're talking about play as a word and how it's used in so many different contexts. Scientists have come up with very, very impressive phrases to define different kinds of play. The scientific definition is: playing is fun. So iy don't get better mindin that play, if ih aren't the bears wirl worrying their moutes later or he'll become worry. And now we've moved on to like, the mental health level of it, of like play just helps you adapt to different scenario s and be resilient when things surprise you,. It's slowly being deconstructed. You can't do an unethical experiment where you're not allowed to play child but you

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