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CM 199: Michael Rousell on the Power of Surprise

Curious Minds at Work

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How to Override Your Beliefs

Evolution favored those who learned instantly, so we developed a predisposition to by pass thinking and learn instantly. Big surprises in our evolutionary pass often indicated momentous opportunity or immense thinking slowed reaction time. Fast changes are an error signal that's a surprise. Slow changes of dopa mean are a motivation signal. The big surprise is called phasic dopomin. That's the error signal. It has two surprises. Pase one is that dopomin spike. Now it only lasts a few milly seconds. Stop what you're doing, and then you have to determine, is this an opportunity or danger? Is it danger or opportunity? Learn instantly so you won't be surprised again,

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