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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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The Practice of Mental Time Travel

When people imagine what they could do ten years from now, they tend to imagine things that are different in a couple of key ways. Rey: Our brains jas sort of experiences thiscreative freedom and the sense of hope like, you know, tenyers, that's a lot of time to get ready for things to change. And there's nothing on your coender for ten years from to day? No, it's a blank slate. You have no to do list for march thirti 20 32. So there's this freedom of imagination.

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